EarthenCare 2010

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 + ADISADIS, Action

Développement Insertion Solidarité

and Espoir Jeune Burkinabe

- contact: Yannie Pélissié, the

president of Espoir Jeune Burkinabe,

able to help us collect information about elementary school

students.

List of PersonnelThree 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 CollectedTotal Income in a monthOther Crops Garden CropsFood Security BMIMalnutritionColiforms Bacillus CereusYeasts and MoldsTotal Education

Primary EducationSecondary EducationTertiary Education

Family SizeAdultsChildren

70%

3%

26%

1%

Total Costs WagesEquipment and SuppliesTransportationMiscellaneous 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