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Portrait of the Month: Ines Sawadogo
Inès Basnéwendé Sawadogo, assistant project manager in Burkina Faso and committed to the emancipation of women in her country, tells us about her role within the association and her journey. Ines, what path led you to Planète Enfants & Développement?
Art therapy sessions for abused women in Vietnam
On October 29th, we organized another art therapy session for women victims of violence in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The objective of these sessions is to help the beneficiaries to identify their problems thanks to the different forms of...
Follow-up of childcare assistants who start their business in Burkina Faso
Over the last two years, we have trained 300 young women to become childcare assistants and have enabled them to obtain a diploma recognized by the Burkinabe government. Today, we follow these women in their professional insertion or in the creation of their own business.
A so-called "eco" building model for preschools in Cambodia
As part of our project to support 100 communal kindergartens in Cambodia, 34 new schools will be built using a new design that is faster to assemble and less expensive, but will still allow them to meet the criteria required by the Ministry of Education.
How are the parenting sessions in Vietnam?
We developed a parenting program to share and give advice to young Vietnamese parents. Faced with the ban on gatherings in the country because of COVID, we adapted the program to offer sessions in...
The "120′ for our children's future" evening a success
100 people were gathered on October 21st in the Arcades Room of the Paris City Hall, to participate in our evening "120' for the future of our children". It allowed the association to raise nearly 115 000€ and left each of them with a strong impression...
Portrait of the Month: Beryl BOGUI
Béryl Bogui, in civic service at Planète Enfants & Développement for almost a year, answers some questions about her role and her missions within the association. What is your background? I did a Master's degree in cooperation policy...
Start of parenting support sessions in Nepal
Parental neglect is common in some regions of Nepal, which is highly detrimental to the development of very young children. This is why we launched the first parenting support sessions in September with the help of our partners...
A comic book to talk about family support in the slums of Cambodia
As the first 3-year phase of our project came to an end in June 2021, we are publishing a comic book in English to summarize our work in the field and launching activities in new neighborhoods of Phnom Penh to improve the living conditions of the people...
A new food distribution in Vietnam
In need after the long weeks of confinement that are ending in Ho Chi Minh City, 286 vulnerable families benefited from a new food distribution organized on September 29th with our partner HACRP and the local authorities.These families,...
Finish work on a preschool in Fada
More good news: it is a brand new kindergarten that welcomes the children for the beginning of the school year on October 1st. We have just finished the rehabilitation of a school (CEEP) in Fada, in the East of Burkina Faso. The structure,...
New project for trafficked children in Vietnam
Nearly 6 children out of 100 are exploited in Vietnam and their identification and care are deficient. That's why Planète Enfants & Développement is launching a new project with its local partners to protect child victims of exploitation.
3 questions to Estelle Dahani on insecurity in Burkina Faso
How safe are the people of Burkina Faso today? The level of violence in the country has reached record levels in recent months. Armed terrorist groups have recruited heavily. They have also laid mines to trap the roads and prevent people from...
New home opens for Chepang girls
After months of delay due to Covid-19 and then to the monsoon, what a joy to announce that the construction of the new boarding school for the teenage girls of the Chepang ethnic group in Nepal was completed this summer. The colleges and high schools having reopened, the young girls have been able to attend...
Portrait of the Month: Nolwenn Deschard
Nolwenn Deschard, Early Childhood Expert at Planète Enfants & Développement since 1 year, answers some questions about her role within the association and her career. What has been your career path? "I obtained a diploma as a childcare worker in...
The WOMs: 4 Midwives with Big Hearts
The WOM are 4 moms, friends and midwives from the North of France who spontaneously contacted us a few weeks ago to tell us about their dream : to realize a solidarity trek in Nepal in spring 2022.
Our major construction sites resume in Cambodia
With an outbreak of the pandemic expected in the first half of 2021, the containment imposed at the end of February in Cambodia has slowed our activities. The lifting of many sanitary restrictions has now given way to the resumption of our major projects. The construction of 4 new...
School materials for 10 preschools in Gajuri
On July 13, we began handing over school supplies to the Manebhanjyang kindergarten in Gajuri, alongside our partner Prayas Nepal and in the presence of the municipality's vice-president, Sita Dhungana. The aim of the event was to showcase the...
Burkina Faso: a week of practical training for early childhood professionals
"Is corporal punishment acceptable to educate a child? This is one of the topics addressed by the 14 participants in our training on Early Childhood at the end of June 2021 in Ouagadougou.At the heart of these 5 days of training for our associations...
Covid emergency: food distribution in Vietnam
"We already didn't have much, but since the beginning of June, we have nothing left. Faced with the emergency in which the families in Ho Chi Minh City find themselves, we organized 2 food basket distributions in July, with the help of our partners...
Portrait of the Month: Jean-Baptiste Douillet Romand
Can you tell us a little about yourself? I am 34 years old and come from Lyon. I have always wanted to work in the field of international solidarity and cooperation. I am very interested in the problems that urbanization generates on a global scale, and I have always been...
Burkina Faso: they thank you for your donations
Last April, I appealed to you to support and encourage our trainees in training to become maternal assistants in Ouagadougou. You responded and thanks to your donations, we have given 20 000 CFA francs, the equivalent of 30€, to 116 women in need.
Nepal: confinement relief gives way to violent monsoon
While the health situation is slightly improving and the confinement is easing a little, Nepal is facing violent floods at the beginning of the monsoon. Between patience and determination, we are adapting our activities.Maya Verbist, Nepal Director of...
Thank you, it was a great race for the little ones!"
In spite of the Covid-19 which limited the size of the event, we still had a great Heroes Run 2021 this Sunday in the Parc de Saint Cloud in Paris, thanks to you, runners, walkers and donors.
Complete renovations, to go further in Phnom Penh's slums
At the beginning of this year 2021, we have finished the complete renovation of 4 houses. We have stopped the work on 2 others, because of the Covid-19 which does not spare the inhabitants of the slums of Phnom Penh in Cambodia. If the inhabitants of the capital...
Vietnam: A conference to fight gender-based violence
Vietnam: A conference to fight against gender-based violence Sharing in order to move forward was the objective of the first debate co-organized last month by PE&D and a club of university students in Vietnam. Specialists, activists and students were able to discuss...
Portrait of the Month: Sophal Sambath
Sophal Sambath has been part of our team in Cambodia for 1 year. She supervises the creation of 22 crèches for the children of women workers in textile factories. Despite the delays due to the Covid-19 crisis, Sophal remains determined. The first...
What is the outcome of the "Elephant Memory" project in Burkina Faso?
What is the outcome of the "Mémoire d'Éléphant" project in Burkina Faso? After the Gourma province, our elephants went to 25 schools in the provinces of Gnagna and Komondjari in Burkina Faso in 2020. 5 months after the installation of the devices of...
Original increase in sexual assault in Vietnam
Tây Hồ, a neighborhood in Hà Nội where many expatriates live, experienced a spike in sexual assaults and violence last January and February. In response to this violence, a genuine citizen mobilization has emerged, highlighting the cruel lack of...
Portrait of Sushila Nepal, Social Worker
"Originally from Nawalparasi, Nepal, I then moved to Kathmandu to continue my education. After obtaining my Masters in Education, I am currently training in psychosocial counseling. Curious, creative and determined, I love to engage...
