Burkina Faso 2011: diario di viaggio dei primi 4 giorni. #12scatti

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:00:34 +0000

As last year, my mother and her partner went to Burkina Faso to visit the current state of the wells built together with the association 12 Scatti per l’Africa, which I have already told you about in this post.

I have to admit I regret not having thought earlier to explain to her how Twitter works, so she could tell the story live as she was experiencing it. So I decided to do it for her.

I relay on Twitter what she tells me via text message :) in real time: the moment she writes to me I write to you, because I like the idea of making you part of this, of giving you a real firsthand account from the field :) I decided to use the hashtag #12scatti as it recalls the name of our association.

Life in the villages of Burkina Faso is not easy at all; my mother and her partner (last year they were four, this year just the two of them) are staying at the nuns’ establishment, which also has a hospital and an internet connection through which my mother managed to send me the travel diary of the first few days and a photo!

I decided to post the travel diary, written jointly, just as it is in its entirety :) with the typos, the perhaps misspelled village names, and the table of wells to visit; complete with Massimo’s irony and my mother Rita’s sensitivity :)

Here and there you will find small notes written by me, simply to explain what is being mentioned :)

We WELL it! And you?

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:19:14 +0000

For some years now I have been a supporting member of a non-profit association called “12 scatti” (12 Shots). The association was founded with the aim of helping children in Burkina Faso (Ivory Coast), who die every day from diseases caused by the lack of clean drinking water, through the construction of wells that make this indispensable resource available to ensure survival.

The funds needed for well construction are raised through the distribution of calendars we produce ourselves, with a minimum contribution of €10. The calendar, long known as Below, is made with beautiful underwater photographs taken by volunteer photographers. Here you can see a preview of the 2011 calendar: http://www.12scatti.org/below/11/defin/elenco-foto.html

I want to make clear that the association directly oversees, with no intermediaries, the production process, the quality of materials used, and the relevant construction costs. As every year, I take part in distributing and “selling” the calendar for fundraising, and this year I decided to do it differently, using a new online service I have been testing for some time and which I find genuinely charming and very useful: Blomming. The calendar can be purchased on Blomming at this address: http://blomming.com/mm/nhaima/items/328 for €10, payable via PayPal, bank transfer, or postal order. Shipping costs this year will be free :)

In the hope of welcoming you among us as supporting members, I leave you with some photos taken last year during a trip to Burkina Faso. The Italian woman you see in the photos is my mother ;)

Below2011 on nhaima

Burkina Faso 2011: diario di viaggio dei primi 4 giorni. #12scatti

We WELL it! And you?