Articles in English


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And when families are happy, sheltered from disease and misery, life is pleasant in Burkina Faso.
Today is typical, it’s market day : the colours and smells mingle together. Everyone chooses his most appropriate method to carry his belongings. Some choose the donkey and others bring home poultry and mopeds on the minibus. (more…)

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Doctor Zala does a great job.

When one hears him speaking with his warm voice, one can not be but moved by so much humanity. He is a good, humble and generous man, who has won all my sympathy and love. (more…)

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Far be it my intention to make this page a full-spread voyeur’s view of the human distress endured by these young children, adolscents and adults. Indeed, I have respected your eventual reactions, and so have left certain photographs in - a less shocking black and white. But if we remain passive when looking at these pictures then we must urge ourselves to reflect, and more important, to ACT. Let us not veil our faces. We must dare to look at these visages of reality. We must help them! (more…)

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On 23 December 2003, the radio station Castel FM (92FM) at Casteljaloux was kind enough to invite me to participate in its programme “Passions”. It was entirely devoted to my Association’s work. Broadcast live, we phoned the pediatrican Dr. Zala, my correspondant in Burkina Faso. He explained in simple terms the Noma disease and the ravages it causes. (more…)