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Areas and approach
What we do, and how we do it
Twelve fields of intervention, one approach: participatory, inclusive and cross-sector.
Areas of intervention
Twelve fields covered by our statutes
These fields define the association’s scope of action. The activities actually carried out are listed under Activities.
Food and livelihoods
Supporting production, nutrition and income of rural households, especially women and young people.
- Food and nutrition security
- Agriculture
- Livestock
- Fisheries and fish farming
- Entrepreneurship and income-generating activities for women and young people
Natural resources and living environment
Protecting resources, securing access to land and improving communities’ living environment.
- Natural resource management and climate change adaptation
- Agricultural land management
- Water, hygiene and sanitation
- Environmental protection (solid and liquid waste management)
Education and health
Strengthening the knowledge and health of children, women and families.
- Education and functional literacy
- Child health and reproductive health
Peace and social cohesion
Preventing disputes and strengthening coexistence within territories.
- Conflict prevention and management, reconciliation, peace and social cohesion
Our philosophy
Three principles
Participation and inclusion
Community development depends on informing, raising awareness, training, empowering and organising people. A participatory and inclusive approach is the key to ownership and sustainability.
Cross-sector working
Complementarity and synergy between interventions ensure harmonious, coherent and lasting development of local communities. That is why we favour a cross-sector approach.
Local governance
We support local authorities and organisations in carrying out their local development plans, together with the State’s technical services.
Our method
Resilience funds
An approach that combines three proven tools to strengthen rural households over the long term.
Farmer field schools
Learning by doing, between producers, of techniques suited to the local context.
Village savings and credit associations
Collective savings and small loans to finance household activities.
Dimitra community listening clubs
Community dialogue spaces that give women and men a voice and encourage collective action.
In practice
An example: building a project with local authorities
Meet the authorities
Presenting the organisation to communes and sub-prefectures (May 2025).
Agree a joint working framework
Faragouaran meeting, 12 June 2025: a work plan validated with the local authorities.
Involve the technical services
Data collection from twelve services to guide priorities.
Draft and submit a joint project
Drafting of a joint integrated project for seven local authorities, to be submitted to financial partners.