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Urgently required delivery arrives
What would become of the people in Burkina Faso without the incredible support and assistance of our wonderful action medeor partners?
AMPO has received another huge delivery of medicines urgently needed in Ouagadougou where our Clinic treats up to 90,000 patients, mostly women and children, free of charge.
Many of these people have survived the worst, some of them fleeing from terrorists in the rural areas, as we have just heard from the Barsalogho district where 600 were killed in a massacre.
Sadly, events like this are rarely mentioned in our media.
We need strong partners by our side. Thank you, action medeor!
Success story in Kaya
Kaya is a town in the Centre-Nord region, north-east of Ouagadougou. TondTenga, our agricultural college, works together with local rural communities including Kaya.
12 young people formed a cooperative there after completing their training and the town gave them a piece of land which they are now able to cultivate. AMPO donated machines and farm equipment to secure their livliehood and provide food for the community.
It was a great honour when the tribal leader not only approved the initiative, he even attended the opening. This success story is an indication of the work done by AMPO to secure the future.
All this is thanks to the Fondation Dr. Elvire Engel in Luxemburg, cooperating with AMPO for many years, and underlining the importance of sustainability.
Night of the NGOs in Ouaga – congratulations!
The night of the NGOs (non-governmental organisations) took place once more in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. This is an event organised by the renowned KEREN COMMUNICATION agency.
60 organisations, including AMPO of course, presented at the event last weekend.
And we were thrilled to hear the news from Director General Dénis Yameogo on Saturday evening that AMPO had won the first prize in the humanitarian aid sector.
Thank you for a great job!
Awards of this kind create confidence for all our donors.
Edmond Tapsoba Foundation visits AMPO in Ouagadougou
Edmond Tapsoba - Burkinabé, soccer player with German national league team and German champion Bayer Leverkusen since 2020 – set up his own foundation in February 2024.
The staff at the foundation based in Ouagadougou was invited to our farewell ceremony in July. We took the opportunity to set another date for them to visit the various AMPO facilities. They came to see us on 31st July 2024. The photos show the interesting exchange between us and our guests.
We are very pleased that this contact came about because the foundation pursues exactly the same goals as we do: access to education, food security, health care, etc..
And we discovered that there is little to stop us working closer together.
That would be absolutely great!
Read more … Edmond Tapsoba Foundation visits AMPO in Ouagadougou
A fateful day in the Clinic
Once more our Clinic was called on to intervene in a very special case:
Nikiema F. is 28 years old and lives in Karpala. He came to us on account of extensive ulceration of the right foot, which had developed about a month ago following an injury caused by the pedal on his moped. He was referred to the Yalgado OUEDRAOGO Hospital for treatment of a deep wound.
AMPO summer holidays
The children at the orphanages set off to visit their remaining families, an important event to maintain contact to their roots.
It is a long-standing tradition for Katrin to hand out sweets to the children - let the holidays begin!
Farewell ceremony at AMPO
Farewell ceremony – Many of the young people leave the orphanages and the women’s shelter each year to make room for new children and other young women.
This event is a cause for celebration every year. The young people leave the orphanages at the age of 18 but AMPO continues to support them.
Welcome Mrs DENNE Honorine
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Honorine DENNE who has just joined our staff at AMPO in Ouagadougou to work on fundraising.
She comes to us with experience of project coordination, she has managed communication departments and has been the leader of several NGOs.
Mme DENNE has also worked on financing various projects, including EU projects.
Before she took up her post officially on 2nd May 2024 she visited all of the AMPO facilities to gain an overview.
We are looking forward to working closely with Mme DENNE and wish her all the very best.
Lions fund laboratory equipment
The ceremonial handover of laboratory equipment took place on 23 March 2024. Once it is up and running, the AMPO infirmary will be able to carry out important medical tests immediately.
This laboratory equipment was financed by the Lions Club Hamburg-Altona and the North Sea Lions (Lions Clubs of the countries bordering the North Sea). The LC Ouagadougou Karite took part in the handover on their behalf.
This equipment will help many people in need. AMPO can now react much faster to certain diseases and can try to help even better.
Our thanks go to the Lions Club Hamburg-Altona and the North Sea Lions!
Where can you buy the beautiful patchwork products?
Flyer number 2
There are two possibilities!
They are made in our MIA/ALMA project. Young women who have been rejected and/or abused receive training in this project, e.g. as seamstresses.
You can buy them there and/or directly from AMPO, where you will also find the Mam Dunia restaurant.
If you are not in Ouaga, there is a second option, namely to buy them from our office in Berlin.
No matter where you are, come and visit us!
Read more … Where can you buy the beautiful patchwork products?
AMPO does a good job on site
Small flyers have been produced for individual projects to draw attention to the projects and products. We would like to introduce you to the projects over the next few months, starting with AMPO's wonderful restaurant "Mam Dunia".
And the Bundeswehr helped again!
Recently, the Stella-Maris Catholic Primary School in Bremerhaven donated a number of school desks and chairs. Too much for AMPO, so AMPO passed the donation on to a school about 40 kilometres from Ouagadougou. But how to get there?
