The lack of water and the scarcity of vegetation are also leading to increasing displacement of nomadic populations; shepherds can no longer rely on the lakes, which have often dried up, to water their herds.
Thus, since 2001, on the initiative of Agathe Bagnoud, François-Xavier Bagnoud’s godmother, FXB has been building or restoring damaged wells with and for the Tuareg population, a minority ethnic group.
In 2021, a twentieth well was inaugurated. They allow a significant improvement in the living conditions of nearly 18,000 people living in remote and arid areas of the north of the country.
December 2021
