This short video was made by the Tech Museum as part of the presentation of the AVN at the Tech Awards ceremony in Sanj José, California,on Nov 8 2007 (in English).

The soundtracks on the remaining videos on this page are in French; even if you don’t understand French, they are worth watching for the understanding the video material gives of VN construction techniques, VN masons at work, typical VN house-owners and clients, and the rural environment of the Sahel

Material for this video was filmed in 1998 by Jean-Francois Naud, now Secretary of the Association. It shows the very first, experimental, VN vault being built in the PIAMET exhibition area set up by Konaté Bomavé in Ouagadougou. This historical document vividly illustrates the evident scepticism of many of the bystanders, and the initial technical problems encountered. Ten years on, however, these early doubts have been swept away as the AVN ’Earth roofs in the Sahel’ programme goes from strength to strength (French soundrack).

Martine Girault and Igor Lahondes de Arhome made this short video for us during the building of the Cultural Centre in Pélengana / Ségou in Mali, carried out in 2007/2008 by our partner in this region, Intervida-Mali. Compare this building with the first faltering steps in the video from 1998 above to realise the progress that’s been made in ten years (French soundtrack).

Broadcast on May 19th 2009, an interview in Boromo with Séri Youlou, co-founder of AVN.

A report by Sophie Piard - Jean-Louis Kerek for AITV-RFO, broadcast on December 15th on TVO, and on December 24th on TV5, showing masons working on the construction of a VN house in Boromo.

A video made by a team of executives on PPR’s Leadership Development Program during a visit to Boromo.