Current projects

SERI - Deployment of the eco-construction sector: structuring and strengthening of stakeholders and tools enabling the scaling up of the NV market in the Sahel

Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana
2022/2025
Funded by AFD + co-financing

Objectives:
To strengthen the actors, mechanisms, and tools necessary for the consolidation of the NV eco-construction sector and the scaling up of its growth, as well as positioning AVN in a federating role as a network animator and accompanying reference, in a qualitative approach, involving a growing number of actors and stakeholders.

Strengthening income-generating activities of onion and shallot producer groups in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso
2023/2024
Funded by the RAJA Foundation

Objectives:
To create Nubian vault storage spaces for onion and shallot producers in the Sahel, using local and affordable materials.

Activities:
– Construction of community buildings for the benefit of women’s groups
– Advocacy support and fundraising assistance

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Incentives for the construction and donation of Nubian Vault housing for rural and vulnerable families in Mali, contributing to the stabilisation, resilience, and adaptation of communities to the effects of climate change

Mali
2023/2024
Funded by Life NGO

Objectives:
To contribute to improving the living conditions and resilience of rural populations in Mali in the regions of Ségou, Koulikoro, and Sikasso by supporting the growth of the Nubian Vault eco-construction market.

Activities:
– Distribution of financial incentives for Nubian Vault eco-construction
– Construction of latrines

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Funding for 120 incentives for eco-construction

Mali-Benin
2023/2024
Funded by Meridiam

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Construction and renovation of a school in Godel, Senegal, using the Nubian Vault method

Senegal
2023/2024
This project is carried out with the support of the Jean Kerber Foundation, hosted under the auspices of the Luxembourg Foundation

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Incubating small local eco-construction businesses in Nubian Vault in Senegal

Senegal
2023/2026
Funded by the Egis Fundation

Objectives:
Facilitate the creation of small local businesses specializing in Nubian Vault eco-construction, bringing together the best Nubian Vault masons in the Senegalese sector with project managers (technicians, engineers, architects), capable together of addressing the formal construction market in Senegal.

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Construction of Economic Activity Zones (ZAE)

Mali
2023/2024
Funded by the Geres

Objectives:
Architectural design and site supervision of 5 Electrified Economic Activity Zones (ZAE) in Nubian Vault (VN) architecture.

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DEFI-VN: Strengthening the low-carbon building construction sector through the Nubian Vault technique in Senegal, leveraging momentum initiated from the Departments of Kanel, Matam, and Podor

Senegal
2023/2024
Funded by Le Partenariat/FICOL, Departments of Yvelines, Kanel, Matam et Podor

Objectives:
Promotion and dissemination of Nubian Vault eco-construction and training of sector actors (Nubian Vault artisans and their teams, technicians, engineering firms, companies, etc.).

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Emergence of an affordable bioclimatic construction market in the Plateau Central region of Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso
2024/2025
Funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) with the support of the Tind Yalgré Association (ATY)

Objectives:
Facilitate the emergence of a bioclimatic construction market, reducing the vulnerability of local populations to the effects of climate change through habitat adaptation and local economic development, while contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Activities:
– Capacity building for local actors
– Awareness-raising and information dissemination to regional authorities and populations
– Construction of Nubian Vault habitats for rural populations in the province

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Co-development of a strategy and roadmap for advocacy for the right to decent and suitable housing in the Sahel, led by leaders of women’s and peasant organisations

Burkina Faso
2023/2024
Funded by FRIO

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Promoting stabilisation and prevention of violent conflicts in the border area between Burkina Faso, Benin, and Niger.

Burkina Faso
2024/2025
Project undertaken with the NGO Search for Common Ground as part of the LAFIA project funded by the PATRIP Foundation

Objectives:
– Improvement of access to climate-resilient economic and social infrastructure and their management in target intervention areas
– Strengthening of social cohesion and conflict resolution and prevention mechanisms in target intervention areas
– Improvement of natural resources management in target intervention areas

ACACIAS - Developing a functional carbon credit mechanism to generate recurring and sustainable income to finance incentives for Nubian Vault eco-construction.

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