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Where Does Your 5×1000 Go?

22/03/2025, Bambini nel Deserto

Have you ever wondered where your 5×1000 goes? We ask ourselves this question often… but fortunately, we can answer with certainty: your contribution turns into tangible aid, into real projects that change the lives of thousands of people in Africa. Every signature on the tax return represents a well dug, a school built, a women’s […]

Sicilian-made Irrigation for Agriculture in Africa

28/05/2024, Luca Iotti

Micro-irrigation represents a significant step forward compared to traditional methods, allowing for more efficient use of water and improving crop productivity while respecting the resources offered by the soil.

Benedizioni dal Sahel

06/02/2024, m.armanino

Like everything that concerns us, even blessings are made of dust, or rather wind dust. In recent days, in Niamey the capital and its surroundings, they have returned. The wind that brings the desert dust that cools at night and in the early morning. The afternoons are sunny but not excessively because we are in […]

Preventing food insecurity in the Sahel

15/01/2024, Redazione BnD

Social protection programs are often the first response to food insecurity and climate shocks. Thanks to the adaptive social protection program in the Sahel financed by a multi-bilateral trust fund and integrated by the International Development Agency (IDA), the emergency response to the drought was activated and over 100,000 families were able to benefit from […]

The “fall” of the CFA Franc reshapes the Sahel economy

11/01/2024, Redazione BnD

On September 16, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed an agreement inaugurating a new coalition between these Sahelian states. This initiative laid the foundation for even broader transformations.

While in Europe

06/01/2024, m.armanino

We work hard to orient, control, limit, punish and organize migrations here, on the other side of the world creatively called Sahel, there are other realities to deal with. For example, there is Emanuel, Liberian by birth, who used to often stop by to say hello and ask for advice and above all help. He […]

Children in the Niger Desert: a new chapter in the humanitarian mission

02/01/2024, Luca Iotti

With the beginning of 2024, Children in the Desert is preparing to open a new chapter in its history, this time in the heart of the Sahara desert in Agadez, Niger. After more than twenty years of experience in this country, we are turning our vision into reality by creating Children in the Niger Desert, a new NGO that will carry forward our common mission of aid and development.

Away from the Sahel…

16/12/2023, Redazione BnD

In a recent development in the dynamics of the G5 Sahel, Mauritania and Chad have signaled their determination to continue regional efforts despite the withdrawals of Niger and Burkina Faso, following the previously announced exit of Mali.

Where does the BnD teaching material go?

15/12/2023, Luca Iotti

In fact, for over two decades we have also been actively engaged in the collection of educational material in Italy and its direct delivery to many African countries.