Ghamba

In 2010 the organization made plans for another three schools. Building schools with three lassrooms in poor villages on the plains is much easier now due to better agreements with the CAP. Today, construction of the schools is not initiated until the number of teachers is clear, and the school fits within the policy of the Malian government. The government is getting more and more involved with the Dogon area. And the decision SDO made, supported by the government, to start building schools with three classrooms in which each two grades are housed, seems to be a success.

Building with the compressed earth bricks produced in Sevaré has the disadvantage that the collaboration with the local community is harder to start. The schools are however significantly cheaper to construct and will most definitely be easier to maintain. For the schools in Boré and Balaguina, to be constructed in 2011, the decision was made to produce the bricks locally. This will be cheaper and also will offer more opportunities for the local community to contribute in the production of the compressed earth bricks.