Development projects
Two projects are
currently being achieved
 1)
Program consolidating organizational and
selfpromotional capacities of the Wouol
Association
The global
objective of this program is to improve the
profitability and the economic capacities of
the Association through the reinforcement of
technical management, of the diversification
process, and of the organizers’
professionalism.
This program
subdivides itself in six main objectives:
-Devloping the
views of the basic groups and putting
together a system of communication and of
appropriate follow-up evaluations
-Reinforcing
financial and accountant managmentof the
Association by putting in place a financial
and accounting system in accordance with the
demands of the Accountant System of West
Africa (SYSCOA) and of the Organization for
the Harmonization of Business Law (OHADA).
-Increasing the
number and quality of collected products
-Icreasing
productivity and the capacity of rural
micro-companies
-Marketing
products by the emergence of a competitive
commercial pole in order to assure to the
producers a sustainable and fair salary
-Increase the
sensibility and improve the practices of the
the members and of the local population by
putting together an educational system
related to environment issues and to the
sustainable management of natural ressources |
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2) Diversification program financed by
Intermon Oxfam (2006-2008)
The overall
objective of this program is to improve,
in a fair way, the populations’ income
through the creation of stable jobs and the
distribution of fair salaries.
The program’s
aims the reinforcement of the main members’
professionalism and the acquisition of
modern equipment. These actions are put out
in a context of market expansion and of
harsh quality norms being adopted
internationally. The goal is to increase the
profitability and productivity of the
transformation sector while favoring the
protection of the environment, agricultural
production, marketing, and the access for
the population to basic social services.
 The
Wouol Association concentrates its
efforts on the integration of the
various growing operations, like pineapples
and the … which are harvested alternatley to
the mangoes.
Here’s a list of
some of the program’s concrete objectives:
-Promoting the
use of waste coming out of mangoes to make
into juice, syrup or jam
-Creating a
production unit for cashew almonds
-Transforming 480
tons of nuts, creating 150 jobs and
exporting 40 tons of cashew almonds
-Producing dried
papayas and pineapples
-Selling shelled
and steamed fonio on the local market
-Producing sesame
and bissap. |
Achieved projects
During the year 2002, the Wouol Association
concentrated its efforts on three particular
programs. First of all, it developed a
humanitarian management program to help
relieve the consequences of the Ivorian
crisis on the Cascades region. Moreover, it
defined the parameters of its strategic
plan.
The Association
has also put together a program for the
reinforcement of organizational and
commercial activities for local products.
This program received techninal advice and
was financially supported by Internom Oxfam
and by the Spanish community of
Castille-La-Manche, which helped obtain
appreciable results. Indeed, between 2001
and 2005 the number of harvested mangoes
went from 150 thousand kg to 650 thousand
kg, which gave 26 million of FCFA
(equivalent to 40 thousand Euros). During
the same period, the quantity of dried
mangoes went from 5 500 kg to 31 000 kg for
a total of 96 million FCFA (representing 146
thousand Euros). This improvement has
contributed to the diversification of food
habits and the creation of 456 jobs, 433 of
which are held by women. |
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Achievements
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-Making
of a transformation unit
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-The
construction of infrastructures for
transformation: four mango drying
facilities of a capacity of 90 tons
of dried products, as well as a
juice, syrup and jam fabricating
facility |
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-Creation of 450
jobs which 87% are occupied by women, nd
increase of the average annual salary
-Acquisition of
the FLO certificate for fair trade and the
ECOCERT-International certificate for
biological products
-Setting of a
collecting and marketing center
-Introduction of
agricultural and management counseling for
the development process
-Welcoming of
national and international interns from
schools and universities
-Partnership with
the University of Ouagadougou, the
Polytechnical University of Bobo-Dioulasso
and the Polytechnical University of
Catalonia
-Creation of a
micro-enterprises network of fruit
transformation and creation of a cereal bank
-Acquisition of
45 gas homes and 347 bikes for the members
-Creation of a
community canteen with a large variety of
food made with local products (Karfiguela
rice, Banfora attiéké, the members’
vegetable harvest …), and creation of a
health and education center.
-Political
positioning: presidency of the Consultation
and Exchange Provincial Board for
organizations of producers and presidency of
the Agricultural Chairmanship of the
Cascades region. |
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Advocacy and Lobbying
The Wouol
Association leads advocacy and lobbying
actions aiming a change in politics favoring
a fair commerce and to put a human face on
growth of the rural community.
Through the
association’s sensitizing actions, producers
have been promoted within representing
structures such as the Regional House of
Agriculture (CRA). It actively participated
in the realization context study and in the
making of the CRA’s action plan. They work
together in order to obtain the brand name
for original Burkina Faso mangoes. Together,
they try to make the local population
socially conscious so it will participate in
the region’s political and administrative
decentrlisation mouvement.
The Wouol
Association also succeeded in placing its
members within the region’s decisional
authorities. The Association is a member of
the national platform for fair trade and of
the African Symposium of Fair Trade (SACE).
It is also at the chairmanship of the
Provincial Board for consultation and
exchange with organizations of producers.
Moreover, it conducts pleading speeches
together with non governmental organizations
(NGOs) in defense of Burkina Faso’s rice and
cotton. |
