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Planting a tree that will stand 2 000 years as a symbol for peace
You have seen such pictures many times: Villagers get together to plant trees. Increasingly a frequent sight in Africa when governments and local communities and NGO:s try to preserve the soil, save agriculture and stop desertification, etc.
Read moreAn ambassador for all children
Being a most versatile programme, a great variety of experts and professionals has contributed in the construction of Yennenga Progress as a role model to local communities. And now yet another title can be added to this list: Ambassador for Children’s Rights. An ambassador for children.
Read moreCouture, Yennengas textile training programme
The colossal building site, where the new Slussen traffic carousel will emerge, has not only resulted in a tourist attraction in its own right but also that you for the moment cannot literally look at products from Nakamtenga.
Read more... and here’s a completely different way to improve village health care
Merging creative ideas in order to increase cash income with simultaneously improving social conditions has become almost a trademark of The Good Village. And here is yet another way:
Eva Åberg, professional masseuse, is grinding shea nuts which will turn into clay which in turn will produce a butterlike oil, shea butter (karité), the new product, Nakamtenga massage oil.
Chez Nakamtenga is growing
Lunch in a bustling African capital? A quick break for urban office workers?
Actually, rather the opposite. This is “restaurang-skolan”, the training ground for chefs and nutritional knowledge and efficient use of available local food products in Nakamtenga. So how come this most rural settlement, dominated by small scale farming, may provide also such a photo?
Swedish burgers create food security!
A secure and preferably extended agricultural season has become a central issue for Yennenga Progress. And now the true work can start thanks to a new collaboration with the Swedish food company, MAX Burgers.
Image: Richard Bergfors, CEO of MAX Burgers and Stina Berge general secretary of Yennenga Progress sign the agreement on the cooperation that will secure food supply in Nakamtenga and beyond.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We at Yennenga Progress would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and very Happy New Year. May all your dreams come true.
Read moreBidra till en God jul i Nakamtenga!
Jul handlar om liv, hopp och födelse, kanske rent av pånyttfödelse.
Årets Yennenga-julklapp är därför rent vatten! En förutsättning för allt liv.