An action is effective only when it improves the living conditions of a targeted population for a long time and helps people to take their destiny into their own hands.

Our principles

• Start from local demand,
• Mobilize the local resources as a priority
• Get an effective involvement of the population
• Use culture as leverage
• Work in synergy with local authorities,
• Aim at financial and organizational autonomy for each initiative
• Check progress in activities and funds use.

The obstacles

• Misalignment of projects with needs
• Inadequacy of projects for Nigerien culture
• Short term experiments
• Corruption and bad mannagement

Our methods

• Select people in charge who are trusted by the population
• Use the language of local people
• Practice public debates
• Allow time for reflections
• Let the population make decisions
• Register the written description and assessment for each action,
• Keep detailed reports of control visits
• Run experiments, validate them before extension