Sector 27 of the city of Ouagadougou
Assocation SOS ENERGIE BURKINA FASO
Assocation SOS ENERGIE BURKINA FASO
Sector 27 of the city of Ouagadougou
Created in 2008, SOS ENERGIE Burkina Faso is a training and awareness project on climate change. It aims to promote sustainable development, renewable energies and income-generating ecological activities.
Mission and value
Objective
This project combines both valorization of the biomass resource and public awareness for an awareness of climate change.
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation through the engagement of women.
Realization of the pilot project 'Promotion of the use of biomass briquettes as an alternative energy source' in Ouagadougou and Dassouri. (SEED Prize 2010).
Training of 180 producers in new techniques of agroecology, production and use of compost, land management solutions, water, etc. in Kossoghin, Yélou and Vipalogo.
Realization of a training and awareness-raising project on climate change and the creation of an artisanal unit for the production of green charcoal based on biomass waste for the benefit of the group of women in the village of GOGHIN in Tanghin-Dassouri in Burkina Faso.
Training project in innovative agroecological techniques for the benefit of the 150 women of the GOGHIN group. This project consisted of training women in techniques for the production of agricultural bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides and the establishment of a self-managed market garden of half a hectare. These projects combine both valorization of the biomass resource and sensitization of the populations for an awareness of climate change. The general objective being to contribute to the adaptation to climate change and the mitigation of its effects thanks to the commitment of all.
Our initiative has contributed to the development of a sustainable sector for the production and distribution of biomass briquettes, organic fertilizers and pesticides, while training households and craftsmen in the use of this environmentally friendly source of energy. environment. The model was developed from a decentralized strategy allowing rural communities to integrate a market that remains to be developed in Burkina Faso. Beyond the marketing of ecological products, the project also wants to contribute to a change of attitude within the community. The objective is to gradually relegate waste recovery activities to the Communities, which will have direct control of them. From the pilot center, we will be able to set up an innovative system to provide a solution to the social and environmental challenges posed by the consumption of non-organic products.
The first objective was to reach the production stage and set up the pilot training center, in order to set up the activities. A second objective was to gradually relegate part of the recovery activities waste to the beneficiaries so that they have direct control of it. It is a question of gradually transferring the know-how to the rural and poor world which is the main consumer of the products. The project aims to conquer 10% of the annual market share in domestic fuels. In concrete terms, the objectives pursued translate as follows: Produce and distribute at least two tons of briquettes and one and a half tons of compost per month, within two years; Extend the sector to ten other villages within five years; Generalize production and reach all thirteen regions of the country after ten years.
It is part of the current context of promoting green energy sources supported both nationally and internationally. It takes into account the themes of environments, gender, governance because it combines several advantages for the targeted village and the surrounding villages. Indeed, it allows to:
have not only a new fuel but also organic fertilizers and pesticides.
provide new skills to women in particular and to the entire population in general.
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create a source of local energy: which promotes good management of local resources and partial autonomy in energy resources.
carry out a pilot experiment in the country, replicable in other villages.
strengthen the role of women;-reduce the work of women and children (collection of firewood).
The expected ecological impacts. Thanks to the use of bio-fuel, organic fertilizers and pesticides:
the forest cover is preserved and reconstitutes itself naturally.
tree regrowth promotes biodiversity.
the carbon sinks formed by the trees that have been planted are preserved.
greenhouse gas emissions are reduced.
the effects of global warming are mitigated.
The promotion of organic agriculture;-the recovery of degraded land.
