The Sidtenga Appeal’s first undertaking was to drill a well, which was completed in 2000 at a cost of £4,000.
In 2004 it completed the construction of a Health Centre, comprising a treatment centre, a maternity unit and a pharmacy, at a cost of £14,000.
The construction of Community Centre has been completed at a cost of £9,500. and is fully funded.
The Appeal has based its efforts in assisting Sidtenga in close co-operation with the villagers themselves. There are committees elected by the village to maintain the work supplied. The nature of the work has thus far been mainly construction but the Health Centre has also been assisted in purchasing additional drugs and equipment.
Tim Horley, 63 (above centre), is a former stockbroker and corporate finance director with over 20 years experience in the City of London. He is Executive Chairman of a small family property company in Cardiff and lives in Crickhowell, UK, and Tanzania. He has visited 12 African countries and is in Burkina Faso at least once a year. In 2005 he received a ‘Certificat de Reconnaissance’ from the Béré Area Health Authority in Burkina Faso for his work in providing the Health Centre.
Emmanuel Nikiema, 54 (above right), is a citizen of Burkina Faso. He was born in Sidtenga and educated at the village school which his father and grandfather helped build. He attended College in Ouagadougou, Montpellier University and, having worked for a local NGO, joined the World Bank in 1997. He is currently a Senior Officer with the World Bank in Ouagadougou, where he specialises in Agricultural and Community Development.
From 2009, we hope to have the services of Josiane Nikiema, Emmanuel’s daughter. Josiane, 26, was educated in Ouagadougou and at the University of Kumasi in Ghana. She is currently studying for a Master’s Degree in Marketing in London, which she hopes to complete in August 2009.
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