Expect the unexpected: Where each experience became a life-long lesson
After being engaged and collecting experience in various WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programmes, ECCA (Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness) got engaged in an anti-head lice project implemented in 7 schools of the Lalitpur district in Nepal. The project is being conducted in technical and financial partnership with Antenna. It will be reproduced in the […]
Visit to Antenna Trust’s ecopark in India
The ecopark, run by our partner Antenna Trust in India, was established in 1995 in Madurai. Its main activities are livelihood improvement and income generation for poor women, nutrition improvement at a local level, and community awareness programmes. Last October, Célia Follonier, a 23-year-old student, spent a few days at Antenna Trust to discover the […]
Cooperation with MIT students in Cameroon
On the agroecological farm of our partner BIOBALA, in Cameroon’s Obala region, students of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are testing a heating box, which can be afforded by all farmers and is made of locally available materials. Meet two students who work locally on this solution, which is being developed in the framework of […]
Agroecology training materials online
Agroecology training resources and materials (videos, technical sheets, manuals) have been designed for small-scale producers in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, there is a network of educational farms to test and improve different production models developed by the Foundation… To read the article promoting Antenna’s resources in the field of Agroecology on the website of Agri […]
Video on “A healthy and sustainable diet at school”, a project by Antenna
Chronic malnutrition affects one third of Burkina Faso’s population. The consequences are reduced learning capacity and high school absenteeism. Since 2020, the project “A healthy and sustainable diet at school” (ASDE for its abbreviation in French), implemented by Antenna, has provided the canteens of the 15 project schools with 216,600 healthy and balanced meals, thanks […]
Kinkeliba, bissap… when African plants fight hypertension
Hypertension is one of the most common diseases in Africa, where half of all adults are said to have high blood pressure. This article on the study conducted by Antenna’s Medicine Unit in Saint-Louis, Senegal, on the treatment of this disease with local products such as bissap and kinkeliba, gives hope. To read the article […]
Water Quality and Hygiene Behavior in Burkina Faso: New article by Antenna Foundation
What is the link between good water hygiene and school results? In Burkina Faso, the Schools Unit, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, has developed the “Clean Water at School” project. Its objective is to improve the health and school results of pupils through the promotion of good water hygiene. Before the programme, drinking […]
Article on agroecology training by Antenna in Guinea
More than 54 farmers participated in 3 days of training sessions on agroecological practices organised by the NGO Solidarité Suisse-Guinée, in partnership with Antenna. The agroecologic didactic farm of Balipili, in the rural commune of Bantiguel, in the prefecture of Pita, was the setting for this capacity building meeting for agricultural producers in Fouta-Djalon. The […]
Save the date : Antenna at the 8th Festival Alternatiba Léman on 3 September
The Alternatiba Léman Festival will take place from Monday 29 August to Saturday 3 September 2022 in Geneva. It is organised by the Association Alternatiba Léman – a citizen movement for the climate emergency, which aims to promote local initiatives that contribute to the reduction of climate change, by implementing concrete local solutions. Stands and […]