Women at a local market in Bankass

Drawing water from a new well

A village in the dry season

The dry season usually lasts for 8-9 months a year, during which all surface water in Bankass district dries up

Digging a large diametre concrete lined well

Literacy classes

Reading and writing in local languages provides key skills for mangaing the well digging project and other development activities

Literacy training; low-cost and community run

Man making rope out of the bark of the Baobab tree

The leaves of the Baobab tree are used for sauces, and the fruit provides an important source of vitamin C

Woman in a literacy class

Women pounding millet to make flour

Pounding millet along with collecting water and firewood are daily tasks whcih create an enormous burden on women in Bankass

Well diggers

Villagers in yabatalou had to climb up to the cleft in this cliff to obtain water before they dug a concrete lined well with the support of SOS Sahel

Woman working in a millet field in Tori village during the rainy season