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And the ship goes. Navigation in the Sahel

13/03/2024, m.armanino

Where is unknown. It is difficult to say where the sand ship that set sail last year, in July after the coup, is going. Navigation interrupted due to mutiny, resumed and oriented towards a destination unknown to most. The Ramadan season which falls at this time appears propitious to the […]

Project Echoes of Atlas

11/03/2024, Redazione BnD

Humanitarian emergency missions in Morocco. First shipment 13 / 17 April 2024 – Complete Next conceivable expedition: May / June 2024 – depends on fundraising for FOOD. The scars left by last September’s earthquake in the Atlas Mountains are deep and painful. Communities struggle daily facing the challenges of a mountainous area characterized by a […]

The Sand Festival

26/02/2024, m.armanino

‘Thank you very much Mauro. I enjoyed all this sand literature. Tell me… what would you think of a Sand Festival? Thanks and see you soon, AKM’. .. I confess that the idea of ​​the friend who is an expert in rural management and development intrigued me. If etymologically the word ‘festival’ had a festive […]

Macron or the African catastrophe

18/02/2024, Redazione BnD

By Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan Anthropologist By choosing, in response to the coups, to punish the populations of the Sahel – in particular by drastically cutting all humanitarian and development aid – President Macron is targeting the wrong target and playing into the hands of the military in power in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. […]

You Can Be a Hero Just for One Day

08/02/2024, Redazione BnD

"You can be a hero, just for one day" as David Bowie sang, the White Duke in "Heroes" is our anthem during humanitarian expeditions at every latitude; from desert to steppe. Each expedition to Ukraine is a journey of over 3,000 kilometres, in all weather conditions, often in the snow.

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 […]

Two years of humanitarian commitment in Ukraine

02/02/2024, Redazione BnD

Two years after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we want to share with you our continued commitment and the progress of our humanitarian initiatives in the heart of this crisis.

Sand impostors

01/02/2024, m.armanino

Yet change was around the corner. The old world was disappearing and a push from the shoulder was enough to bring it down. They were the working-class years of the assemblies, of the 150 paid hours in the factory for the middle school diploma and Don Milani's flagship text 'Letter to a Professor'.

How can we concretely support a better future for children?

24/01/2024, Redazione BnD

You can support our projects that make a difference in the lives of children and their communities. Every euro donated is a step forward towards guaranteeing a better future for those who need it most. For every euro raised, no less than 75% is allocated directly to field actions and no more than 25% is allocated to management maximizing the impact of our work.