Friday, October 30, 2009

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Segou - J

Days to inserting beads ... (see! Uh input I guess the joke will be determined randomly ). I have not had time to write while I was in Mopti. Where if I wrote it on my work address, or some mails, and especially my end of mission report. I make sure to chew the work, otherwise the return will be tough.

I returned from four days in Mopti and Sévaré (suburb active Mopti) since yesterday. Again, on the road that goes back to Bamako, we stop in Segou where we will stay a day and a half, time to follow some new projects that start and organize the distribution of school kits (notebooks, pencils, eraser , slate and chalk) to children at an elementary school with which we work. It feels good to be back in Segou. The road is still long (more than 5 hours to 300 km) but the hotel where we stay is a haven of peace on the banks of the Niger.

The four days were pretty stressful Mopti. First, because it was hot, 40 degrees on average every day with dust. Secondly, because life is dear to Mopti compared to the rest of the country. Finally, because the mentality of Mopticiens is not easy to live. Mopti is a city for tourism thanks to its proximity to the Dogon Country and its famous cliffs troglodytes (Edouard Baer is a priori went through the program "Go into the unknown" seems to see it !). And Tourism Fails little to the city as soon as a toubab wanders (the name "slang" white shot of Doc, since the time of settlement doc. were white) it is docked to it that. And I hate in this way be mistaken for a pigeon. In this regard, a wise guy tried to sell me something I do not identify 'm back and I had proposed in prices of "friend" to 22 000 FCFA (about 33 euros). Except in reality it is 4 times less. Finally, I pulled for 5000 FCFA

... This feeling of white that should benefit, as I have many or more felt than in Bamako Segou. In Mopti, when you query the partners with whom you work, rather than talking about the project, they leave you a list as long as my arm of grievances should be resolved well. Very rarely you speak spontaneously partners or project success. It is always to ask, to beg for something. This is a perfect example of the duality of the gift. More accustomed to give it without consideration, the more people accustomed to receiving everything free.

For what is the work per se, it continued to unfold according ders of various meetings associations partenaires et même des institutionnels. Je suis dorénavant pote avec le Directeur du centre d’animation pédagogique de Mopti (DCAP), l’équivalent chez nous du recteur d’Académie… Ca fait plutôt bizarre comme rapport . Mais une importante partie de mon travail à Mopti consistait à faire le point avec notre référent sur place, qui est un mopticien à PU depuis longtemps. Et c’est le profil type du mec relou dont je vous ai parlé avant. Lorsque je lui ai demandé comment le travail allait, il m’a sorti une suite de revendications les unes après mes autres. Rien sur le contenu des projets, les nouvelles perspectives… Que des esquives à every attempt at explanation. It's a proud person, well inserted in Mopti, but that is humanly unpleasant. In my turn with my colleague, he made a list of commitments that must be met by the end of the year. He should stick to it. He does not feel it tightrope. But he'd better play the game  course I'm in worship ... Anyway, I'm glad to be back in Segou, where work is in excellent (of course "disposition" is a name which Malians use and abuse!) And then you have
say that in this region of Mali, Islam is Islam practiced harder, more rigorous, Koranic schools are numerous and talibous (little beggars who are "sacrificed" by families to the marabout (= name of the Imam in this region) which treats children in dire conditions and reduced to two activities: learning the Koran by heart without even knowing how to read or write and begging to survive) are all over the place. In short, it's a heavy atmosphere that I am not unhappy to have left.


Tomorrow morning, return to Bamako before the final stage of stay in Mali: the Bafing in south-western Mali, and is one of the few regions of the country to accommodate wildlife.

I hope to write one last time by my return.

Segovia Greetings!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

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12 Mopti - D +3 D +7

That several days I had no news. The gossips at work to say it is an illusion on my work schedule there ... my family say I did not give more than Paris ... while my friends think I am committed to Red Cross Malian J In reality, we must instead consider that the internet connection in Mali is a precious commodity that I have not had much opportunity to be able to connect for reasons other than work.

What happened? Always up meetings Thursday with associations in Bamako. I think I've already pretty river with these meetings, so I spend J by cons I got to know different "way of life" Made in Mali. First Friday, where I went to the bush mobile school program in Siby, a region 50 km from Bamako. During the day, I met the four villages in which we operate. Each time a welcome worthy of a minister. And there first situation, or how to feel uncomfortable. This recognition that the villages and their inhabitants seem to show you disproportionate. Yet they are truly grateful. Usually Malians are very hospitable. As you come in addition to their sides, they express their gratitude beyond measure: welcome by an honor guard, dances and songs, speeches that move. It's touching, but their desire to share as it is put me uneasy. I felt embarrassed about all this recognition for simple actions to support education that we have with them. I did everything to not appear to be the white angel. It is destabilizing. Fortunately, it was enough to feel comfortable. During these four visits, I had the privilege of receiving a hen and two roosters gift J Tied by the feet, these gentle birds did not agree to serve as offerings. I could not refuse ... Slim J Good confess more, I gave a couple to our driver in Bamako. The big cock, I took him to the guest house thinking to leave the pension time of my week in Mopti and Segou. However, he should know that to be disciplined, a cock should be accompanied by a female. All night we broke the *** singing to lag larigot. And then the second situation, or how to feel guilty of dying prematurely J At dawn, a cry of the cock stood out from others, it was the last ...

So I went Saturday morning to Segou, the rooster will wait to frozen 'my return next week. And the road to Mali, it is long. To reach Segou, you must walk about 240km. But those miles, they are much different than I normally do. Besides the miles I'm usually in France are the gyros and two-tone blue ... Who said wanker J ? Talk instead to my mother who took away the 206 ... So those miles Malians are very different. They are on roads with holes, full dodger, and together with a broom bus engaged in a competition all the time: that is the flaw? or who has the most rotten and bus ride armored? The old Mercedes of the 80s who swarm the roads Malian arbitrate everything. And then the third situation, or how to feel alone in Mali. Just when your engine starts you let go and you do not know where you are. It is thus 40 degrees when the car starts to graze. Helen finds driving the dashboard shakes and expresses a lot of lights unknown. Stopped on the side of the road where cars travel at more than 120 km / h , it casts a worried look under the hood. The radiator Argghh smokes ... ... The engine is hot, too hot, as after a good heat stroke (not to be confused with insolation, rescue friends! No I'm not sucks!). The signs, classic hot sweats on skin with signs of dehydration, high temperature, and circumstances of major effort. Of course in this case, it is at rest, is monitored and hydrated. Signs of discomfort disappeared, we advised the victim to continue his effort more moderate and well hydrated until the end of the road. No lie, see 4X4 immobilized on the side with one engine overheating and no milestone to show us where we were stranded, it puts a little bit of pressure. Especially since the laptop does not pass through this area ... nice

Stop a half-day à Ségou et tempête de sable et de pluie ont fini de parfaitement la refroidir. Je ne vous gratifierai pas d’un : et là, quatrième situation, où comment revivre les derniers instants antédiluviens J En plus j’en rajoute un peu avec cette référence biblique… Kass-dédi pour mes parents ;)

Je suis désormais à Mopti jusqu’à jeudi matin. Et coïncidences de ces quelques lignes, je loge à l’hôtel « Y’a pas de problèmes » ! Rien à redire effectivement.



A bientôt !

Diola Keita

(… euh c’est pas de ma faute si on me donne le nom à la fois d’un grand empereur africain et le nom d’un bon footballeur J Euh je parle du Keita de Barcelone les mecs !)

Saturday, October 24, 2009

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A Telegram

Un souffle imperceptible rythme nos vies, petit métronome régulier et discret aux effets plus puissants qu'un ouragan . C'est un souffle de rien du tout, le genre ténu et léger qu'en temps normal nous négligerions ou ignorerions. Un souffle à l'apparence fragile, transparence et vol aérien de plumes.

Nous le guettons, nous l'écoutons, nous nous berçons de sa régularité reassuring. We find ourselves no longer perceive it sometimes when we take or recklessness when our ears are deaf or tired, so we're looking silently as required by unseen son, the heart beating a little too fast, eyes closed permeable and all the senses. Shortness of breath we closely watch the gentle hiss of air that comes and goes in you, relentless mechanical life. And we breathe we, pianissimo, too pleased with this incessant miracle, this tiny swell that lifts your chest.

Of course we will hear less and less, of course we tire of its banality, of course its automation we blazer.
But for now, this new breath mingles with ours and beating the rhythm with our breaths intertwined.

Life boils down to a breath and we breathe in unison.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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- Bamako

Troisième jour à Bamako. Le programme est toujours aussi chargé. Et pour la première fois j’ai vu la pluie. Quel soulagement. Il n’a plut que 10 minutes, mais à verse. La pluie est ici providentielle ; elle s’invite without warning and leaves almost immediately. It is impressive as it cools the atmosphere and as it also turns most streets of Bamako in giant mud field.

The day began with a visit to the fourth library in which PU Bamako intervenes library that we had not had the opportunity to visit the day before. After libraries Sikoulou, The Brotherhood, Korofina North is now one of Djélibougou. This is one of the oldest libraries in Bamako, but it's certainly one in which there is more inertia. The lack of a director little invested and a librarian in place as if it was shelved. Our meeting, alongside Yaya was the opportunity to review the adequacy of our collaboration. This is not necessarily easy to distinguish between sincere about those cranes.

The visit that followed led us Helen, Boubacar and me to meet "the Malian Association for physically disabled people." Our interlocutors are physically handicapped who all have the desire to facilitate the integration of disabled people in society. Two courses in office organized with PU helped promote access à l’emploi pour certains bénéficiaires de ces formations. Autre association, autre cause, celle d’une association qui réunit les Maliens rapatriés de tous les pays du globe pour organiser leur réintégration. Cette association a accueilli des formations en bureautique et montage de projets. A la suite de ces formations, l’association a décroché deux financements de plus d’un million de francs CFA de la part d’un bailleur international. Ces fonds permettent de faire vivre plus de quinze personnes autour des activités de maraîchage et de teinturerie.

Enfin la journée s’est terminée par la rencontre avec l’association Woiyo Kondeye, ce qui signifie « Area aid and trade for women "in Songhai language. It is an association with which we work on projects of health and nutrition, office (as usual) and assembling projects. This association occurs mainly in organizing kitchens. These kitchens allow women trainers to train other women in the basics of child nutrition and hygiene. Thus, the action in favor of this association has a real multiplier effect to a large audience of women. And it also projects a sense that one wants to help.

Impacts, Impacts, impacts is my BOSS will be glad to hear: pVoila is for this busy day. Promised, in my next post I'll stop propaganda about our projects in Bamako and I will speak more of the city and its inhabitants.

Kamba (A later in Bambara)!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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D +2 - D-Day

It's Tuesday evening and I write this first post from my room in Bamako. For the uninitiated I stay with Yaya, a guesthouse run by Yaya Kone in a northern district of Bamako, Korofina North. It's a very nice guesthouse where you can enjoy a little quiet in hell de Bamako. Je suis accompagné par mon téléphone portable qui fait office de musique. Il ne supporte pas bien la chaleur. Ici, pas de mercure pour nous renseigner, mais le mécanisme d’évacuation de la chaleur mis en place par mon organisme, autrement dit la sueur, exprime parfaitement la bonne trentaine de degrés qu’il fait dans ma chambre 

Le décor planté, je peux vous parler de mes 2 jours et 2 nuits sur place. Tout a commencé par un accueil chaleureux à l’aéroport de Bamako par Hélène, la déléguée internationale de Planète Urgence au Mali (oui oui, pour ceux qui ne savent pas, c’est mon employeur… Dans le titre du précédent section, you have a link to the website;)) and by Yaya Zouboye "service provider" for projects in Bamako. This reception was followed by immediate immersion in the local reality. A car parked next to us find a way to embed his bull bars in our bumper, also protected by a bull bar. These two cars hooked to each other by the nose, it looked like two schoolboys caught by their dentures during a kiss. We leave after two hours of talks during which the language of one accused the other of this attachment.

The first comes at night! Not too hot with the fan, not too many mosquitos due to repulsive, and a cinderblock miniature pillow (but not Danielle, there is no Yaya cinderblock home to sleep, but the pillows hard contrast with my feather pillow to Paris ... as for Claire, I know, I have your inflatable pillow, but too lazy to inflate the time ). A good night's sleep and a breakfast buffet later, I went early to the office of Planète Urgence in the premises of the Permanent Assembly of the Chamber of Crafts of Mali (APCMM). I shake a few hands and then I met Boubacar, the referent of Planet Emergency training projects for adults in Bamako.

Knowledge and amiability made, we begin with Helen and Boubacar our tour of visits to certain partner organizations for which PU has sent volunteers on a mission. PU Bamako is a fifty projects for adult education. That is to say, projects that emanate from associations that express training needs in areas as diverse as office, hygiene and nutrition, accounting, soap, drama, editing project etc.. For each of these missions, PU adheres to three principles: no substitution local actors, not competition, not direct port project. With these three principles, the intervention of PU is summarized in supporting and structuring of requirements and coordination with the capacity in France to enable skills transfer time of a 15-day mission (to those who think that day we learn little, put yourself in the position for 10 of those 15 days you spend your days learning the Word and Excel for example ... we'll see if at the end of those 10 days you don ' have not learned something) ...

Thus, in the space of two days, Monday and Tuesday we visited several associations. Each deserves to be supported, and again the spectrum of skills is broad SMUFJF, APEF, Assurem, INA as so many acronyms that summarize the investment associations in supporting young single mothers, young children in promoting "economic" of women or the exploitation of art and craft trades. During each visit, our respondents expressed their appreciation to host volunteers from previous missions and their desire to renew these missions. Surprising indeed if one wants a bit treacherous. However, results on the field, even modest advances and demonstrate successes, more or less palpable after the various formations. A notable example with the "Association for Supervision and Survival of Mothers and Children of the Street" (Assurem) after a mission on hygiene and nutrition of children 0-6 years, the number of diarrhea has substantially decreased thereby improving the health of children and hygienic conditions of the center. And nurses trained in these councils in turn train other nurses and multiply the effects of the mission. And it is a testimony among others. Nevertheless problems exist on other projects. The key is to identify conditions for solving these problems.

On this point, a visit Tuesday morning from 3 of the 4 libraries in which PU intervenes to support school alongside teachers and librarians shows progress in a few months in the monitoring of projects. In these 3 libraries, a room is dedicated to reading and emergent speaking. It is difficult to monitor the work of librarians and physical conditions on site, including the funds 'librarians' formed after the coming successive volunteers. Yaya Kone, our host in Bamako, following these projects and I noticed that his repeated presence and content of his speech has more open access for libraries for children. And the children enjoy an additional coaching and releases more of their speech.

I hope these first visits, rather tinged with optimism, will continue as long as possible. I also hope that the time taken to read that many lines allowed you to travel with me ... Who knows, perhaps a first step towards solidarity leave for you?!

Inch ' Allah!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

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Bamako for Mali Back

Hi all,

Expected departure at 16.30, arrival at Bamako airport at 20:10 local time (10:10 p.m. French time). Hey yes, I arrive on a Sunday in Bamako.

I am eager to be there and meet all the people I work with from Paris. Before that I honed in particular by identifying any sign of hair on the skull ... Beware of mocking laughter ... It's just in anticipation of 40 ° C daily during the day as possible and avoid suffering from the heat. Fortunately the nights are cooler.

few hours, some stations RER B and a few tons of CO2 separate me from Mali. I hope you forward as regularly as possible my stay there.

you soon!

Friday, October 9, 2009

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announced

In just over a week, I take the direction of Africa for the third time, the discovery of a third different country. After Zimbabwe in 2006, Cameroon in 2008, it will be in Mali in 2009, and the first time in a professional setting.

I hope nevertheless make a new personal experience. Go a few days.

Glad to talk again.