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AMPO - Kathrin Rhode
Since 1994, Katrin has been living in Burkina Faso, where she founded an orphanage in the capital Ouagadougou. With her Association AMPO (Association Managré Nooma pour les Orphelins) Katrin cares for the forgotten street kids of the capital, taking them from the street, giving them shelter, a home, an education and a perspective. Furthermore, young German volunteers can complete their national service at AMPO.
We met Katrin in 1997. In addition to our cooperation for the sensitisation theatre project and the mobile workshop for wheelchairs mentioned above, Katrin has often been our port-of-call for minor and major problems.
The Austrian Südwind Magazine published a portrait of Katrin and AMPO in the 6/2000 issue.
Sascha Abrahamowicz
About 20 years ago, the pastor of the protestant church in the city of Vienna, Sascha Abrahamowicz, started to realise his model of direct development cooperation with personal contact in the small village of Sané, Burkina Faso:
A loose network of c. 100-200 interested people is funding projects annually. Every year, a few volunteers travel to Sané at their own expenses and live in tents. Personal encounters trigger impulses and corrections on both sides. A lot has happened since. In cooperation with the local population, a school, housing for the teachers, a health post, a cereal bank and numerous parentages with local school children have been initiated.
With the support of LAAFI, the health post has since been expanded to a bush hospital. LAAFI helped to fund the medical equipment and fixtures. In 1994, the later founders of LAAFI travelled to Burkina with Sascha and had the opportunity to get to know the village of Sané and its population.
After the first visit to Burkina Faso, the idea was born to start a similar project - albeit with several differences - in Nabakoutou, a neighbouring village of Sané. The current network of partners, cooperations and projects developed from this small start - the model of Sané has found imitators.
Contact:
Sascha Abrahamowicz
Greifenstein, NÖ
s.abraham@lycosmail.com
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| Kathrin Rohde from AMPO handing over the donated Landcruiser. AMPO stands for "Association Managré Nooma Pour la Protection des Orphelins". "Managré Nooma" means "Good will not be lost". |
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Sascha Abrahamowicz involved in this region for 20 years. |
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