Iuna Rolland, a young trainee with Frères des Hommes in Peru, introduces us to the day-to-day life of Anibal Inga and Elsa Cotera. In September 2009 both of them were trained in cheese-making techniques, as part of a programme of activities set up by the “Consorcio Junín” in Concepción and Huancayo provinces, located in West Lima, in the Andes. Two partners of Frères des Hommes, Cenca and Adec-ATC, are part of the syndicate and contribute to the setting-up of activities. To watch the (...) Next ...

Butare, South Rwanda. Since more than 20 years, the Intiganda centre has opened its doors to street children and youths. The centre offers them facilities to study, build family ties and, after the age of 16, obtain professional training. Some of them opt for training in the art of card making. Money from the sale of greeting cards (marketed by Frères des Hommes) helps finance the Intiganda centre. The cards are made from dried banana leaves, scraped with a razor blade until they are as (...) Next ...

This article was published in the January 2008 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Makhtar Diop, in his fifties, has worked with the Kora-PRD for more then ten years. This Senegalese association organizes training courses, equipment sharing programs, and facilitates access to credit. It also supports the organization of Senegalese artisans. We met Makhtar in Paris last October, when he came to cooperate with Frères des Hommes on both current and (...) Next ...

This article was published in the May 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists . Traditionally in Senegal, master artisans teach their trade to young apprentices, for whom this training is often their only education. This can become extraordinarily long and complicated for teenagers and young adults who, having had little or no education, do not know how to read or write, and do not know math. It thus falls on the artisan to teach not only his (...) Next ...