It is difficult to give a good overview of the current situation. There are some families left and their houses are completely collapsed. But there are still 120 elderly, women and children living in the village and still supported by 240 younger man and woman that lives nearby in the Seno. The woman are very well organised and work thoroughly together with several women groups organised in the area. they have a garden project, epic centre, granary and an maternity in the village of Koundou. The houses that are occupied are sometimes partly collapsed, sometimes only the granaries or they need new plastering. The most vulnerable are the old ( 600 years and more) Tellem houses.
During the last 30 years two “towers has completely collapsed and the 3 remaining are in a bad state. Also the several monument is the entrance zone needs reparations. In this village, Wolf Schijns, a Dutch architect and professor at the University of Eindhoven did some documentation and research. Some of the houses he documented in 1999 are now, 2012 , completely collapsed. The aim of the project is of course to stop this not by rebuilding what has collapsed but by renovation and reinforce what is now available.
