In a few days we will be leaving for Burkina Faso. We are really looking forward to going to Bouassa; we now have friends in the village and many other activities in Burkina Faso. Business projects within the field of sustainable development and the solidarity economy. But that is another story and this is not [...]
In Africa, and Burkina Faso in particular, a glass of water is essential. It is an act of hospitality to offer a "foreigner" when they visit your house. Here is how things take place: "Ko ko, ko" – is shouted to inform the good people of the home of your arrival, as there isn’t necessarily [...]
The evening is still warm as the sky quickly fades and soon welcomes a fresh breeze that surrounds the village. The north wind is still blowing at this time, it is called the Harmattan, and it carries with it many diseases, so we must take shelter for the night! But for now, everyone prepares feverishly [...]
Just wanted to share a few words about our strategy that you will probably find helpful! For all intents and purposes, Phase 1 of the Bouassa water drilling project is complete!!! Although we didn’t raise the full € 34,000 that we aimed for, we did raise roughly € 20,000 that went to setting up the [...]
The 2016 campaign is officially launched! All of the Grant Applications have been sent to various foundations in order to finance THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT Bouassa. This time the goal is greater than the previous one because the WATER TOWER increases the challenge by € 30,000! But we really believe in [...]
I’m sure you all noticed what was happening in Burkina Faso these last few weeks! The media did a great job informing the world! Burkina Faso went through some significant “disturbances”. Everything is back to normal now and there were, indeed, some positive things that came out of all of this! Fortunately we were still [...]
Here we are again, faced with an important decision... The amount of drinking water that well produces, 1600 gallons (6m3) per hour, is quite considerable. And that's wonderful! The water well with the flag of one of the foundations that has help fund the well However, as we explained in the previous article, [...]
The Hand Pump is installed and the first bucket of water has been filled in Bouassa, the village where we chose to see the first well implemented! And we're really, really happy for what is going on there. We can easily imagine the joy of the people in Bouassa! For more than a week they [...]
Just a quick note to say things are well on their way! Many of you have already seen the recent pics and videos on Facebook! And many of you are asking “so, is it over?? “What’s next?” “Is the water in the pictures drinkable?” “What’s next” is a great question! First of all, [...]
The check that we recently spoke about from a foundation finally arrived last Wednesday! In other words, we can now begin the drilling. We can’t start today because today is the feast of Eid in Burkina which is a holiday, but tomorrow, the drilling company will take the first geological samplings with a tool [...]
