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