Dreux town in the heart of humanitarian raid "the West African green"
Two agents from the center town of Dreux sort involved in the project "West African green" organized by the association "Les Amis du Monde"! The principle of this raid is to travel 7000 miles to bike for 30 days through Morocco, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Togo to distribute 5000 efficient cookers. At each stage will be symbolically planted a tree to fight against deforestation.
"70% of the African population uses the 3-stone fire and consumes 12 and 15 kg of wood per day. Over 3 years, this represents the surface of the Eure-et-Loir. It was therefore important to make this cooker bursar who burn 5 times less wood. "Said Lionel Groult, president of the association" Les Amis du Monde "The first 5000
cookers will be funded by private partners in Africa and manufactured by local boilermakers. As for the 7 participants in the raid, they learn to the people using it so as to reduce their consumption of wood.
"We are pleased to participate in the raid and make our contribution to the building. It is a challenge for us to travel Africa by bicycle and especially important a human experience. We will discover different cultures and landscapes and we went to meet people. "Explains Bertrand Gaillard Sylvain Bailly, the 2 operators involved sorting the humanitarian project" The West African green ".
Throughout the course, the third class of the College Louis Armand de Dreux participate in his own way in the raid on a humanitarian document summarizing the daily progress of the group in Africa. This partnership with
Dreux agglomeration also be realized by organizing an evening dining under African May 7, 2011 in the cafeteria of CORA Dreux. The benefits of this meal will be donated to the association for their raid and financing of cookers.
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