AESCD and AECIN took part in the organisation of the following actions in 2020 :

• The operations listed below are the ones which actually include a partnership with AECIN and AESCD. Some actions have been postponed since 2020.
• From november 14^th to 29^th, we hosted Maman Chamadou, who carried out a mission from RAEDD to establish and follow up the AESCD and AECIN actions, as a French Government guest (with travel and insurance expenses from the French Embassy in Niger) and as a Cesson Sévigné Town council guest.
• At the Rennes International Center, AECIN Tarbyya Tatali, with DEFI, the NFO, UNICEF 35, International Solidarity, organized an event focused on inequalities in water access; Rennes primary school classes were invited from November 15^th to 26^th. The Rennes Business School and students from the Saint Aubin d’Aubigné Rural Family Center were trained to supervise the activities (exhibition, games, videos, debates).
• Panel Discussion on safe water stakes, on Monday November 15^th from 6p.m to 8.30 p.m., at the Rennes International Center; live on You Tube, from MIR, with Abdoulaye Adamou Zangui from the Niger Hydrology Ministry, Guillaume Aubourg from PSeau and Flavie Boukhenoufa from EBR.
• Conference and Debates on Fighting epidemics, on Water and Health, a conference with Renaud Piarroux; Justine Muzik-Piquemal and Manon Gallec, on November 17^th from 6p.m. to 8.pm. at the Rennes Medicine University.
  Exhibition: ‘Trees for a Better Life in Dankassari’, at the Pont des Arts (Cesson- Sévigné Media Center), organized by AESCD, photos by Abdou Aziz Soumaïla from November 19^th to December 6^th.
  - Exhibition: Sustainable Development’s 17 targets, from Good Planet Foundation, at the Pont des Arts Hall, (Cesson-Sévigné) from November to December 2021.
• Exhibition Alimenterre, Pont des Arts Hall (Cesson-Sévigné) : Understanding the causes for hunger in the world, a guide for action, and a presentation of Cesson’s charities involved in International solidarity, from November 19^th to 29^th.
• Conference: Women’s Access to Health, in France, Africa and Latin America, on Monday November 22^nd, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm .with Mounia El Kotki and Yannick Jaffré on line.
• At the Sévigné Cinema: ‘The Paradox of Hunger in the world’, a debate following a show of four shorts, Monday November 22^nd at 8.30pm.
• Panel Discussion: dealing with violence inflicted to women in health care, Wednesday November 22^nd from 6.30pm to 8pm, at the Rennes International Center. November 24^th from 6.30 pm to 8pm, at the MIR and online, with Harouna Yacouba, Jérôme Blanchot, Jean-Philippe Harlicot et Christiane David.

Programme du Festival des Solidarités à Rennes et dans la Métropole

AESCD and AECIN took part in the organisation of the following actions in 2020 :

• from november 6^th to december 2^nd 2020, exhibition : « Trees for a Better Life in Dankassari » at the Pont des Arts Library (Cesson-Sévigné’), Cesson-Sévigné, photos by Abdelaziz Soumamïla,
• Friday November 13^th,6 pm, Conference, ’Climate and Inequalities’ by Jean Jouzel, climatologist and former president of GIEC, Law and Political Science University, admission free, compulsory registration,
• November 13^th to November 21^st : Alimenterre (FoodSoil) Exhibition, Pont des Arts Hall (Cesson-Sévigné) : understanding the causes of starvation in the world, a debate followed by four short films,
• From November 16^th to 20^th, at the MIR in Rennes, an event aimed at schoolchildren, on « Water and Climate Change », organised by MIR (Rennes International Center), International Solidarity, UNICEF35, AECIN, the NGO Challenge, including the AESCD video “Water comes to Lougou at Last”
• Sunday November 29^th, AECIN will be present at the ’Market of the World’ in Halle Martenot in Rennes : crafts on sale, information on the Association’s activities.

LAST MINUTE NEWS : OWING TO THE COVID 19 SANITARY CRISIS, SOME EVENTS WILL BE CANCELLED OR VIRTUAL.

ASCD and AECIN were involved in the following events in 2019:

• (from November 14^th to november 25^th : Assimou Abarchi, Mayor of Dankassari, was hosted in Cesson-Sévigné
• (from november 14^th to the 28^th) The ’Children’s Games in Dankassari’ Exhibition, in the Pont des Arts Media Center (Cesson-Sévigné), with photos by Abdoul Aziz Soumalia,
• (from november 16^th to november 21^st), exhibitions : ’Same Rights, Same Opportunities for all children, together with UNICEF, ’Acting Here and Elsewhere’, with international solidarity associations’ from Cesson-Sévigné, in the Pont des Arts Hall (Cesson-Sévigné),
• November 18^th, 8,30 pm, at the Sévigné cinema in Cesson-Sévigné, ’Capharnaum’, a film by Nadine Labaki, (Citizenship Prize, Cannes, 2018)
• (nov 19^th, 20^th, 21^st) at the Pacé Youth Club: among activities available to teenage pupils in Pacé, the film A girl trio in Dankassari, presentation of the booklet My Health and and my teenager’s rights: what I must know’, and debates: Discovering mid-school girls’life in Niger, their problems, their expectations : The same hopes in different living conditions?
• (nov 24^th) AECIN was present at the Market From the World, at the Martenot Hall in Rennes: sale of craftsmen’s creations, information on the association’s actions.
• Saturday November 30^th : at Villejean’s Neighbourhood Club, within the Festisol Closing Day : exhibition of Children’s Games in Dankassari and organisation of a ’langa langa’ game (hopscotch race or wrestling, very popular in school playing grounds in Niger).

• Monday November 19^th, at the Sévigné Cinema in Cesson, short films will be shown about educational projects in Tanzania, in Niger and in Peru, followed by a debate ; Three Girls in Dankassari will be shown
• From November 19^th to the 25^th, at the Pont-des-Arts in Cesson-Sévigné, actions by several local Associations, centered on development and support of school education, and on training young people in Cesson toward International Solidarity,
• Sunday, November 25^th : AECIN will have a stall at the Market of the World in Rennes, Halle Martenot,
• On Monday November 27^th at the Arvor Cinema in Rennes and on Tuesday November 28^th at the EPI Condorcet at St Jacques de La Lande will be shown the film Frontiers, the Odyssey of African Women, by Apolline Traoré ( two Awards at the 2017 Fespaco). Trailer.

• November 14^th and 15^th in Cesson-Sévigné , we hosted Abdoulaye Zangui, departmental supervisor of Water Sypply in Dogon Doutchi and key partner for water access in Dankassari.
• November 18^th to November 25^th, at the Pont-des-Arts cultural center in Cesson-Sévigné, an exhibition: ‘Energy as a development trigger, Sustainable consumption’.
• November 20^th, 7.30pm, at the Arvor Cinema in Rennes, ‘The Fruitless Tree’by Aïcha Macky was followed by a debate with her. On Monday, November 20^th at the Sévigné cinema in Cesson were shown: the documentary ‘Dazzling Light At Apricots, Haiti,’ by Thomassaint Joseph, and the pre- view of Solar made in Africa by Malam Saguirou. A debate followed.

• From November 8^th to 21^st, Mamane Chadaou, in charge of the Cesson-Dankassari decentralized cooperation in Niger, was invited in Cesson-Sévigné.
• Monday November 14^th at 8.30 p.m. the Le Sévigné Cinema in Cesson showed ‘Lougou Gets Water at Last’ and ‘ For the Best and the Onion’ by Sani Magori, a debate followed.
• Wednesday November 14^th at 8.30 p.m. at L’Arvor Cinema: ‘Anger in the Wind’ by Amina Weira, followed by a debate with the director.
• Thursday November 17^th a School Solidarity Relay for Dankassari at the Roger Belliard Stadium.
• Thursday November 17^th at 8.30 p.m., at the Pont des Arts Auditorium, a conference and debate on ‘Toward Social Development in Southern countries’.
• Friday November 18^th at 7. p.m. at Grippé Hall, a Niger Solidarity Dinner. Menu: Bissap, Ginger juice, Yassa chicken, Fresh African Fruit Salad; tickets: 12 euros (8 euros for young people and students), reservation on aescd@tarbiyya-tatali.org
• November 19^th, 10.30 a.m.: meeting of all local decentralized cooperations in Rennes Metropole, at the Maison Internationale in Rennes.
• November 27^th, AECIN will be present at the World Market , Halle Martenot in Rennes, within the Maison des Mondes Association.

• From November 13^th to 21^st at the Citizens’Hall in Cesson, an exhibition on the activities of Cesson’s International Solidarity associations, including several panels on Cesson-Dankassari decentralized cooperation.
• On Monday November 16^th, 8.30 pm, the Sevigne Cinema in in Cesson showed the film ‘On the Way to School’, followed by a debate on ‘Mobility as a trigger for integration’.
• On November 18^th, at 4.p.m. at l’Escale in Cesson, a young people’s meeting : Does Humanitarian action appeal to you ?
• On November 19^th, at the Pont des Arts Auditorium in Cesson, “social and solidarity economy, a tool for social and economic development.
• Saturday, November 21^st, the AECIN joins the Book Festival dedicated to Africa, in Saint-Brieuc.
• Sunday, November 22^nd, AECIN joins the Markets of the World, Halle Martenot, in Rennes.

• “Family Agriculture, an Asset for our Planet”, an exhibition held from October 27^th to November 7^th at the International Center in Rennes and from November 13^th to the 21^st at the Citizen’s Hall in Cesson.
• On November 14^th at 6.30 p.m., Regards Croisés, organized by the Nigerien students , at the Rennes 2 University,
• ‘Captains of Hope’, film and debate on rural development for sustainable development, at the Sévigné cinema on Monday November 17^th at Cesson.
• On Wednesday, November 19^th, ‘For Better, For Onions’, film and debate with the producer, Sani el Hadj Magori, at the International Center at 8.30 p.m..
• On November 20^th, International Solidarity In favour of rural Development, with Bernard Jouan, chairman of Agro Sans Frontières and in charge of projects in Western Africa, at the auditorium of Cesson’s Cultural Center, at 8.30p.m.
• Maison des Squares in Renne : On November 25^th, a talk on girls’ education in Niger. On November 26^th, a talk on the conservation of the last herd of white girafes of western Africa,
• On November 30^th, AECIN will take part in Market of the World at the Halle Martenot in Rennes.
• On December 1^st, a debate on women’s rights in Niger, between Zara Moussa, a Nigerien rapper, and a class from the Sévigné High School in Cesson.

More details on SSI 2014 leaflet in Cesson. and 2014 Home of the Worlds in Rennes.