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EarthenCare 2010

EarthenCare 2010. Aiding Agricultural Sustainability, Productivity, and Longevity in Burkina Faso. BURKINA FASO. Electricity. LACK OF PRESERVATION AFFECTS. Income. Health. Education.  Short Term Objectives

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EarthenCare 2010

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  1. EarthenCare2010 Aiding Agricultural Sustainability, Productivity, and Longevity in Burkina Faso

  2. BURKINA FASO

  3. Electricity

  4. LACK OF PRESERVATION AFFECTS... • Income • Health • Education

  5.  Short Term Objectives - Providing an inexpensive and effective method of refrigeration to both market gardeners and subsistence-farming families in the community. - Educating the people of the village about the importance of the pot-in-pot and its potential to improve their usable crop yield. - Increasing the community's awareness of food-borne illnesses, and how this relates to food spoilage. - Temporarily employing local people.   Long Term Objectives - Minimizing the rate at which food spoils by creating conditions in which the food can last longer. - Increasing the amount of produce that can be taken to the marketplace by prolonging its shelf life. - Supplementing the income of Oueguelga's market farmers by at least 15% through maximizing the amount of sellable produce.  - Diminishing the prevalence of food-borne diseases in the village, and monitoring the direct health benefits of our project. - Increasing enrollment of children, especially females, in elementary schools. 

  6. Ouelguelga

  7. Materials: • •Two Clay Pots • Sand • Moist Cloth or Lid • Water • THE POT-IN-POT

  8. The Process

  9. Poa

  10. Engineers Without Borders

  11. Christian Aid + ADIS • ADIS, Action Développement Insertion Solidarité • and EspoirJeune Burkinabe • - contact: YanniePélissié, the president of EspoirJeune Burkinabe, able to help us collect information about elementary school students.

  12. List of Personnel • Three Teams Consisting of • • EWB Team Leader • Burkinabe from Ouelguelga • Burkinabe Translator • Local Truck Driver • EWB Team Leaders:  Etienne Renaud-Roy: works to elevate the livelihoods of Burkina Faso’s farmers with the Conseil à l'exploitationfamiliale (CEF), part of the National Federation of Naam Groupings (FNGN). FlorianVillaumé: team leader for Agriculture & Micro-Enterprise in Burkina Faso. He is the Program director of the ISF for the provision of potable water, hygiene, and sanitation of Burkina Faso. Alanna Peters: lives in Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso, works with Boris Martin. • Other Workers • •Two Epidemiologists from the University of Ouagadougou • Thirty Potters from the Village of Poa•

  13. Boris Martin Supporting Engineers Without Borders Canada Location: Burkina Faso

  14. An initial assessment is required as we need to make a comparison for the follow up. For our initial assessment, we will be assessing the following criteria: INITIAL ASSESSMENT

  15. Total Cost: $ 40 556

  16. EarthenCare2010 Aiding Agricultural Sustainability, Productivity, and Longevity in Burkina Faso

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