A New Classroom for the Tekazamt School near Agadez
In the north-eastern outskirts of Agadez, Niger, the Tekazamt public primary school plays an important role for children from the Agoulgoul neighborhood and surrounding areas.
For 20 years · With NGO TidèneNot for them.
Not for them.
With them.
In the Agadez region, our Nigerien partners build wells, schools and cooperatives. We finance, support and follow up. They propose. They build. They maintain. Together, we decide.
End of 2023
Here's what they've done with your support.
Twenty years of structured commitment. No promises — just completed projects, open schools and working cooperatives.
0
Wells built
or rehabilitated
or rehabilitated
0
Children schooled
(13 schools, 1 boarding school)
(13 schools, 1 boarding school)
0
Active women's
cooperatives
cooperatives
0
People with
access to water
access to water
0
Village wells (€25,000)
0
Pastoral wells (€25,000)
0
Market-garden wells (€10,000)
0
Solar boreholes
Five chapters
Water means…
It all starts with the well. But water is rarely an end in itself: it opens the school, heals, stabilises, empowers. Here are the five chapters of our work.
Aman Iman
Water is life.
"You can do nothing without water, but you can do everything with it."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Education
Water means learning.
"A true education system imposes nothing on the learner."
Ivan Illich
Health
Water means health.
"It's not the lack of water that kills, it's dirty water."
Gilbert Mitterrand
Empowerment
Water for empowered women.
"Like water that wears down the rock drop by drop, autonomy is built through perseverance."
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Stability
Water means stability.
"The problem of northern Niger is not political — it's economic."
Mohamed Ixa, President of NGO Tidène
Our partnerNigerien NGO Tidène.
Nigerien NGO Tidène.
20 years side by side.
"Tidène is made up of natives of the region with deep field knowledge. They run implementation and follow-up."
No subcontracting. No expats. NGO Tidène is the interface between Les Puits du Désert and local communities — administrations, water committees, cooperatives. Chaired by Mohamed Ixa, led on the ground by Ibrahim Rissa Ikssa (director).
Our story with NGO TidèneOne-time or monthlyA well costs between €10,000 and €40,000.
A well costs between €10,000 and €40,000.
And six months of work.
€10,000 for a market-garden well · €25,000 for a village or pastoral well · €40,000 for a complete system (solar borehole + water tower + mini-distribution).
One-time or monthly, your gift makes the difference. Your monthly commitment, debited automatically, lets us plan long-term: school maintenance, cooperative training, infrastructure follow-up. That's what turns a one-off gift into a 20-year presence.
5 €/mo
With this amount
1 enfant scolarisé pendant 1 mois, fournitures et cantine inclus.
Effective cost: €1.7/mo after 66% French tax credit
15 €/mo
With this amount
1 mois d'alphabétisation en tamachek pour 3 femmes, d'une coopérative.
Effective cost: €5.1/mo after 66% French tax credit
RECOMMENDED
30 €/mo
With this amount
La cantine scolaire de Boudari, pour 5 enfants pendant un mois complet.
Effective cost: €10.2/mo after 66% French tax credit
50 €/mo
With this amount
Un cycle de formation en gestion, pour une nouvelle coopérative.
Effective cost: €17/mo after 66% French tax credit
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Niger
One of the poorest countries in the world.
80% desert, life expectancy is 54 years. 2 Nigeriens out of 5 lack access to safe drinking water. 80% of child deaths are linked to unsafe water. And 1 child in 5 doesn't reach the age of 5.
Our operating area: the Agadez region, an area as large as France (667,799 km²) with 714,509 inhabitants. We intervene from the Tidène valley (our 2004 starting point) to the Aïr massif and around the city of Agadez.
189th
HDI world ranking
(out of 193 countries, UN 2023)
(out of 193 countries, UN 2023)
63%
of the population below
the poverty line
the poverty line
TransparencyWhere does
Where does
your money go?
Here's the actual breakdown of every euro received in 2025. Annual accounts audited and published.
85%Field — Agadez region (NGO Tidène)
12%French structure
3%Communications
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20 years of committed partnerships.
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