Sensibilisation au concept VN

Articles

• Burkina Faso : les groupements d’artisans locaux du Boulgou investis dans la diffusion de la Voûte Nubienne
  14 mai 2018, par Chloé Adloff

  Suite à plusieurs discussions initiées en ce début d’année, l’Association Provinciale des Artisans et Groupement d’Artisans Nong-taaba du Boulgou (APAGAN-B) et AVN se sont rencontrées courant avril à Tenkodogo (région Centre-Est) pour définir un projet de collaboration visant la diffusion du concept VN. L’ensemble des responsables communaux des groupements de maçons membres d’APAGAN-B, ainsi que d’autres représentants institutionnels de la formation (le Directeur régional de Jeunesse, de la Formation et (...)

• Living in a Nubian Vault: Testimony of a Burkinabe Client
  13 May 2019, by Chloé Adloff

  Last year, Mr. Bonkoungou was the first person in his village to build a Nubian Vault house. Full of pride, he talks about the advantages of a NV house compared to other common types of building in the region.
  « Since 2011, I have had to rebuild my tin-roofed house five times, before deciding to opt for a NV building. I got the building materials together, lodged and fed the NV masons, and helped to make the bricks. There’s a big difference between the NV buildings and those with tin roofs, (...)

• Vivre dans une Voûte Nubienne : témoignage d’un client burkinabè
  13 mai 2019, par Chloé Adloff

  L’an dernier, M. Bonkoungou a été le premier habitant de son village à construire sa maison en Voûte Nubienne. Très fier, il témoigne des avantages des bâtiments VN par rapport aux autres types constructions répandues dans la région.
  « Depuis 2011, j’ai construit ma maison à 5 reprises, en tôle, avant de décider de construire un bâtiment en VN. J’ai réuni les matériaux, hébergé et nourri les maçons et aidé à la fabrication des briques. Il y a une grande différence entre les bâtiments VN et les bâtiments en (...)

• Benin: increasing awareness among farmer communities
  2 May 2018, by Chloé Adloff

  On April 12, 2018, AVN Bénin welcomed members of the executive offices of communal and departmental Farmers’ Unions, among which: The departmental union of township cooperatives for cotton producers (UDCVPC); The communal union of township cooperatives for cotton producers (UcomCVPC); The regional union of cooperatives for Djougou rice producers (URCPR-D); The communal union of cooperatives for cashew nut producers (UCCPA); The communal union of cooperatives for seed producers.
  The aim of (...)

• The SE4ALL Initiative: a theatre forum to raise awareness about sustainable energy in Burkina Faso
  5 February 2018, by Chloé Adloff

  As part of the UN initiative « Sustainable Energy for All» (SE4ALL), AVN and the Organisation Catholique pour le Développement et la Solidarité – OCADES - Caritas of Dédougou organised a theatre-forum at the end of January in Ouroubonon, to raise awareness about how households can improve access to good quality renewable energy; this was organised in collaboration with the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) in Burkina and the Mayor of Boromo. Sixty people took part, including (...)

• Mali: a potential partnership in the region of Kayes
  24 January 2018, by Chloé Adloff

  At the beginning of January Alexe Dembélé, AVN-Mali’s National Coordinator invited Amadou Tall, local representative of the Kounda 78 Association and Mr. Barry, President of the Lontou Education Council, to a preliminary meeting to discuss an eventual partnership for the construction of school buildings in the Circle of Kayes. The meeting started with visits to two NV schools in the villages of Koba and Fanssira (Commune of Yékéboubou – Cercle of Kati) and continued to N’Golofala with visits (...)

• Mali: a NV building for the Mopti region
  18 January 2018, by Chloé Adloff

  The first community construction site of the 2017-18 season in Mali, initiated by the French Bilou-Toguna Association for the Malian NGO Delta-Survie of Mopti, was completed at the end of December. This 37 m2 dormitory was built in a few weeks by a young Malian artisan mason, Abdoulaye Fané, and his team. This is one of the few NV buildings in the Mopti region, after those completed near Badiangara.
  The Mopti region is well known for its validation of earth architecture, so the development (...)

• Benin : the Nubian Vault deploys in Atacora
  20 December 2017, by Chloé Adloff

  As part of the deployment of AVN-Benin’s actions in the Department of Atacora, Francis Tiene, responsible for AVN’s promotions and expert in the opening of new regions, accompanied the new Benin team based in Tanguiéta over a two week period..
  Together, they visited many pilot villages so as to encourage future committed clients as well as the builders involved in the Cement Mason Promotions. A mission was also carried out to the Tanogou district, near the Pendjari National Park. The (...)

• A new office for AVN-Ghana
  30 October 2017, by Chloé Adloff

  AVN-Ghana’s new office in Garu was inaugurated at the end of October, in the presence of around a hundred official guests (representatives of the District, regional chiefs, NGOs and other local actors). Over a year after the start of the first NV projects in this region, the construction of this office formalises the promising deployment of the NV market in the North-East of Ghana.
  Several of the noteworthy guests were invited to speak during the ceremony: they each confirmed their support (...)

• Mali: education and rural at the heart of AVN’s programme
  25 September 2017, by Chloé Adloff

  On September 15th last, AVN-Mali was invited by the Prefect of Dioïla Circle to take part in International Literacy Day, in the presence of M. Mohamed Ag Erlaf, Mali’s Minister of Basic Education, Literacy and National Languages.
  Despite a visible improvement over the last 15 years, the literacy level of Mali’s rural populations is estimated at less than 40%. The lack of suitable infrastructure is one of the principal causes; this is why AVN is trying to raise awareness about NV construction (...)