Saturday, October 27, 2007
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Hello,
TODAY? Today I asked a question and unfortunately I have not found the answer ... Millions of readers of this blog can probably help me to break the deadlock!
Here's the situation. I want to repair a chair that was at home. It is a metal body and there a fine wire braiding plastic to make the chair very comfortable. It is the weaving on the chair that is worn and need repair au'il.
There are two options.
1. Local artisans on the roadside are doing work there. Just get one and he can do the job.
There is a center (funded by a French I think) or persons with disabilities have been trained to do this work.
The left side of my brain tells me that option two is better. I encourage people souffranr a disability to work and have a role in society.
The right side, by cons, I said that if the association was not the French, the center could never exist. In other words, a system encourqger not necessarily sustainable. The craftsman in the street, it has no outside help for his small business of weaving. He works very hard. The development also involves the kind of person who asks for nothing and still managed to have a sustainable and profitable business.
That's my dilemma. Choice 1 or 2? I let you speak!
Simon PS: The answer to the riddle of the number of punctures is ...... 6! And yes, 6 punctures in one go! WOW. Felicatations to Miss Lindsay has found the right Reply!
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Thanks for the comments, I get a lot and I love it! I did not write much lately I agree. My work is starting to look after, which is also a very good thing! So I have a little less time to write. But do not worry, the less I write, the better I feel!
Many wonder what exactly is my job. In this entry, So I describe more fully what it is. In interested, read on!
First, my former employer is Engineers Without Borders (EWB). ISF still works in partnership with local partners, is to say, institutions that are already in development work in Burkina Faso for several years. While some volunteer work at government institutions, I am working with a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that is called FNGN, the National Federation of Naam Groups.
History
The Naam groups were created par un formateur paysan, Bernard Lédéa Ouedraogo, a décidé de fon der une organisation du monde rural sur des bases traditionnelles. C’est ainsi que né d’une forme associative traditionnelle le premier groupement en 1967. Depuis, le nombre de groupements villageois Naam n’a cessé de croître à travers l’adhésion des paysans à travers tout le pays. En 1977, on comptait 126 groupements. Aujourd’hui, on dénombre près de 5482 groupements, regroupés en 82 unions avec près de 600 000 adhérents dont plus de 52% de femmes. Les groupements Naam sont présents dans 27 provinces sur les 45 que compte le Burkina.
Philosophy
philosophy observed by Naam is "Developing without damage". What? Our culture and nature. The sole objective of Naam is to empower every individual, every group, every community face its problems and bring them support. This support group using his language, his perception of things, beliefs, technologies, understanding of human and physical environment.
Organization
The structural organization of FNGN is pyramidal with a very thorough level of decentralization. The groups are based at district or village. Department at the grassroots groups are joining together to form the union Naam. All the unions in different provinces are grouped at the national level to form the National Federation of Naam Groups (FNGN)
activities groups are primarily centralized at the union brings back requirements at headquarters, where I work Ouahigouya. In terms of activities, working FNGN différents niveaux:
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Les banques de céréales pour la sécurité alimentaires
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Les institutions de micro-crédits
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L’accès à l’énergie en milieu paysan
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Les activités féminines
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La restitution des terres agricoles (lutte contre la désertification)
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Conservations des eaux et des sols/agroforesterie
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Conseil en activités maraîchères et agricoles (production de légumes et de céréales)
At headquarters in Ouahigouya, there are 14 cells composed of technical managers, technicians or facilitators, whose role is to support a
ions in carrying out their activities. In my case, I find myself at this level. I work at the headquarters of the FNGN in the agro-economic cell (EAC).
What we do
What do we actually do? We follow the farmers in their vegetable and grain production so that it is better yields and withdrew more money from their production.
We do that through entertainment "management advice to farmers, allowing farmers themselves to analyze the economic profitability, enabling them to make decisions to improve the situation their operation.
There is also specific training of farmers to their request and on the themes of his areas of expertise (agricultural production techniques, management, etc.).
It also makes experiments medium farmer assisting in the resolution of specific problems faced by producers in the field.
And then what?
I love it! On the one hand, I am fortunate to work for an organization with a culture of choice, that is to say, putting the needs of beneficiaries in the foreground on the other hand, I learn the challenges facing vegetable producers. It is only to grow vegetables, but also to calculate profits, gross margins, production costs have access to market for sale, fight diseases, to have enough water for crops, etc..
My greatest challenge right now is certainly include all components of the cell to support agro-economic, but also to see where I can provide constructive support. I'm starting to hear more and more into gardening too! So attention to all, on my return to Canada, I began to plant cabbage and salads!