EARTHENCARE 2010Aiding Agricultural Sustainability, Productivity, and Longevity in
Burkina Faso
BURKINA FASO
ELECTRICITY
LACK OF PRESERVATION
AFFECTS...
Income
Health
Education
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.
Ouelguelga
THE POT-IN-POT
Materials: •Two Clay Pots • Sand • Moist Cloth or Lid • Water •
Produce
Shelf-life without the Pot-in-Pot
Shelf-life with the Pot-in-Pot
Okra 4 days 17 daysBeans 5 days 15 daysSpinach
1 day 12 days
Peppers
2 days 20 days
Carrots 4 days 20 daysTomatoe
2 days 20 days
Guavas2 days 20 daysRocket 1 day 5 days
THE PROCESS
POA
Engineers Without Borders
Christian Aid + ADIS
ADIS, Action Développement
Insertion Solidaritéand Espoir Jeune
Burkinabe- contact: Yannie
Pélissié, the president of Espoir Jeune Burkinabe,
able to help us collect information about elementary school
students.
List of Personnel
Three Teams Consisting of• EWB Team Leader • Burkinabe from Ouelguelga •
Burkinabe Translator • Local Truck Driver •
Other Workers•Two Epidemiologists from the University of
Ouagadougou • Thirty Potters from the Village of Poa•
EWB Team Leaders: Etienne Renaud-Roy: works to elevate the livelihoods of Burkina
Faso’s farmers with the Conseil à l'exploitation familiale (CEF), part of the National Federation of Naam Groupings (FNGN).
Florian Villaumé: 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.
Supporting Engineers Without Borders CanadaLocation: Burkina Faso
Boris Martin
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
Criteria Data Collected
Total Income in a month
Other Crops
Garden Crops
Food Security
BMI
Malnutrition
Coliforms
Bacillus Cereus
Yeasts and Molds
Total Education
Primary Education
Secondary Education
Tertiary Education
Family Size
Adults
Children
70%
3%
26%
1%
Total Costs Wages
Equipment and Supplies
Transportation
Miscellaneous Costs
Total Cost: $ 40 556
$12,000.00
$12,000.00
$1,026.00
$1,037.85
$45.00
$47.25
$1,218.00$1,098.90
Wages
Boris Martin
EWB Workers
Epidemiologists
Translators
Burkinabe Workers
Truck Drivers
Potters
Security
EARTHENCARE 2010Aiding Agricultural Sustainability, Productivity, and Longevity in
Burkina Faso