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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.

Students from IAE Savoie Mont-Blanc Support Les Puits du Désert

A group of six students in their final year of a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management, specializing in Business and International Trade at IAE Savoie Mont-Blanc, has…

Attri Cooperative: First Training Sessions and Initial Production

In Attri, about fifty kilometers north of Agadez, the women of the cooperative have begun their first training sessions, under the attentive guidance of Minata, the project…

End-of-Year Campaign 2025: Water, Source of Life and Knowledge

*💧 Water, Source of Life and Knowledge Launch of the 2025 End-of-Year Campaign Before talking about school, we must first talk about water.

Summer 2025: Major progress for our projects in Niger

Summer 2025: Major progress for our projects in Niger During the summer of 2025, several projects made significant progress in the Agadez region.

Creation of a training center for young girls in Attri

Construction of a training center for young girls attached to the attri cooperative

The film "Grands Quelque-Uns" at FestiFis!

The film "Grands Quelque'Uns" by Ingrid Pernet Duparc selected at FestiFis, the International Festival of Identity and Solidarity Films held in Benin

Creation of a new branch of our association in Geneva

LPDD is expanding and growing with the creation of a new branch in Geneva, Switzerland.

Glisse en coeur : a weekend that lived up to its promises!

5 months of fundraising, 24 hours of non-stop skiing, a weekend of generosity and sharing to support the cause of children

20 ans de l'association

Our association celebrated its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, January 28, at Club13 in Paris

Film mission 2021

Have you always wanted to know what a field mission looks like? Follow us during the autumn 2021 mission! Discover the preparations, the encounters, and the warm welcome we…

School vegetable gardens, a guarantee of academic success

School vegetable gardens are indispensable for better schooling and contribute to improving the living and learning conditions of students.

Les Puits du Désert participates in Glisse en coeur 2025

For this 16th edition, the desert wells were selected alongside 3 other associations as beneficiary association. Discover the Glisse en coeur adventure!

When the Culinary World Meets Desert Communities

When the Culinary World Meets Desert Communities Bringing water to life over there while preserving it here. Thanks to innovative technology, Enodis offers ovens that consume 20…

Glisse en coeur, go !

On Thursday, November 21st, in Annecy, the official launch of the 16th edition of Glisse en Cœur took place! Glisse en Cœur is the number one charitable event in the French…

inauguration of the Aderbissanat boarding school

An essential boarding school to allow young students from remote areas to continue going to school

Les Puits du Désert and the NGO Tidène at the AidEx humanitarian exhibition

Participation of our 2 associations in the AidEx international humanitarian exhibition in Geneva

Access to education: News from 5 of our students

Discover the portrait of 5 of our students sponsored by our association Les Puits du Desert

Historic Floods in Niger

Niger, a largely desert Sahelian country, is characterized by an unpredictable and unevenly distributed rainfall pattern.

Interview with Halima and Hadijata, women from the Mardane Cooperative

How has the Mardane cooperative changed the lives of women in the village? In this article, we take a more in-depth look at the mechanisms put in place in these institutions thanks to interviews with the women who work there.

film "Stars of Niger"

Discover in pictures the changes in the life of women since the creation of cooperatives

Rediscover the 18th anniversary film of Les Puits du Désert

From a plane breakdown to projects in water, education, health, women's empowerment

A New Well and a School Garden for the Inghighi and Indoudou Schools

Today, 260 school-aged children (6–12 years old) benefit from a school garden! The two schools in Inghighi and Indoudou previously had shallow wells that did not provide enough…

World Water Day 2024 in Bordeaux

participation of Armelle de Roton at a conference on water at the invitation of the metropolis of Bordeaux

Working Seminar in Marrakech between the 2 partners : les puits du désert and ONG Tidène

From February 9 to 15, Christel Pernet, Ingrid Duparc, Jean-Louis Garnier, and Armelle de Roton traveled to Morocco to meet with the team from the NGO \Tidène\.

Construction of a solar borehole with water tower in Tchinwoudouban

Thanks to our partners, La Générale du Solaire and GDS International, we have transformed the human-powered well in Tchinwoudouban into a solar-powered well, complete with a water…

A Cafeteria for the Boudari School

Thanks to the association "Restaurant sans frontier" "Restaurants Without Borders," we have established a kitchen and cafeteria at the Boudari school.

Une cantine pour l’école de Boudari !

eleven new community wells in the Agadez region

Thanks to a network of loyal partners, we have successfully completed the construction of eleven new community wells in the Agadez region.

Women’s Literacy Sessions

In the Agadez region, the illiteracy rate among women is one of the highest in the world. Functional literacy training, taught in the local language—Tamasheq in this case—is…

Training in Water Point Management

For each well construction, a Water Management Committee (COGES) is established. Essential for the proper operation of the well, the training of these committees is an integral…

The Aderbissinat Boarding School Takes Shape

Enabling students from desert schools to continue their education at the middle school level: this is the goal of this coeducational boarding school, located near the Aderbissinat…

5th "Olympiades du coeur" with KSB

A weekend of sports, exchanges and sharing for KSB company employees for the benefit of Puits du Désert

The General Assembly of Our Association Les Puits du Désert

The General Assembly of our association \Les Puits du Désert\ will take place on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at 2:00 PM at the Hôtel Mercure, 36 Rue du Moulin, Vanves (92170), France.