14/12/2023, m.armanino
The first thing we breathe together, in this season of the Sahel called Harmattan, is dust. We all breathe it, albeit in different ways. There are those who wear Covid masks and those who, more respectful of tradition, cover a good part of their faces with a turban in the style of the 'Tuareg' who have great experience in this area.
06/12/2023, Luca Iotti
The silent protagonist of this story is Mussa, a Tuareg, who, moved by a great love for his people, with courage and determination, decides to create better living conditions for his community. Children in the Desert meets him, listens to his dream and decides to support its realization. In 2011 Mussa fled war-torn Libya. He […]
01/12/2023, Redazione BnD
The image captures the mastery of the hands of an African woman who skillfully and delicately weaves palm leaves to create a “nat”, a beautiful carpet woven with natural fibres. The woman’s expert hands move with precision, transforming the leaves into an intricate pattern that reflects the rich artisan tradition of the Sahara and Sahel […]
20/11/2023, m.armanino
Most of us are hostages of fate. Just like Johnson, who was driven out as a child by the civil war in Liberia to Ghana with his family in a refugee camp. His mother and his son are now in the United States where he himself had landed a few years ago as an ‘unwanted’. […]
15/11/2023, Redazione BnD
Exactly 10 years have passed since Children in the Desert and the AIDE association were involved by UNICEF and IOM in an emergency intervention in the Ngouboua refugee camp located in the westernmost region of Chad. Here 576 Chadian minors between the ages of 6 and 17 had gathered, attending Koranic schools located across the […]
13/11/2023, Nicola Grande
In the world of off-roading, adventure goes beyond the challenge of rough terrain.
For Luca Iotti, Founder and current President of the NGO Bambini nel Deserto ETS, the passion for 4x4 was the driving force that led him to create the Humanitarian Organization which for over 20 years has been working in contexts where adequate off-road mobility it is necessary to be able to reach and develop significant humanitarian projects.
08/10/2023, Redazione BnD
In my experience, when it comes to raising funds to support social projects in Africa, I have found myself more than once having to make difficult choices. The most immediate option seems to be to invest in essential facilities such as schools, dispensaries, orphanages, etc., at “low cost”, to ensure a rapid and effective impact […]
14/08/2023, Redazione BnD
From CSR to Benefit Corporations, profit is also good news
by Piergaetano Marchetti from Corriere.it
29/05/2023, Bambini nel Deserto
According to an alarming World Bank report, based on a survey conducted in all 23 provinces of Chad in 2021, only a paltry fraction of the 5.3 years of schooling completed by a Chadian child, equivalent to just 2.8 years, can be considered as adequate education for learning.
