Yennenga Progress goes beyond the eye catching problems, with a totally holistic approach, covering all the UN Global Goals and adapting an entrepreneurial thinking. Local needs to support daily life is identified and developed in the village Nakamtenga, in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
The Yennenga Progress global network of competence, gives Change Makers locally, continuous further training, on their request, with tools and knowledge they need for the next step of development. Collaboration is born to find good solutions, fulfill the needs and create best practice to help others achieve the UN Global Goals.
Yennenga Progress is now creating a model to achieve the UN Global Goals through social franchising. Jobs are created and the long term goal is for the villages to become independent, funding their own welfare. Lasting progress emerge by local efforts together with international partnership.
One of the most important aspects of Yennenga Progress is the partnership network. We match relevant people in our network with ideas, activities, and projects where their competence will be most valuable.
The women in the village of Nakamtenga voiced the need for better education for their children and knew the existing school system made it very hard for their children to succeed and create a better future.
As soil depletion and climate change affect crops, the need for small-scale food producers to adapt cultivation methods and crops to the new conditions is increasing. We are continuously working on finding new solutions.
Five women per day die on average in pregnancy and childbirth in Burkina Faso because of poverty; lack of information and poor access to health care.
The entire population of the village should have access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services and it should be renewable. We are continuously working solutions both on a structural level and at the family level.
Cirkulär ekonomi och återvinning har blivit en viktig del av den globala hållbarhetsrörelsen, men möjligheten att införa sådana system i låginkomstländer, där grundläggande nationella återvinningssystem saknas, är en stor utmaning. Under ett besök i Sverige blev detta tydligt för medlemmarna i Yennenga Progress burkinska ledningsgrupp, som fascinerades av hur välorganiserat och rent landet var tack vare effektiva återvinningssystem.
Read moreStegens utbildning i processledning fick ett varmt mottagande av Yennenga-teamet. Den gav deltagarna en tydligare förståelse för hur de kan strukturera sitt arbete och inte glömma bort att också skriva ner och definiera sina mål. En av deltagarna reflekterade: "Utbildningen var mycket positiv. Bra att veta vart du ska (målet) så att du vet åt vilket håll du ska gå. Jag har sparat allt vi lärde oss i mitt hjärta."
Read moreUnder den burkinska ledningsgruppens besök i Sverige anordnade SJR en partnerfrukost där Yennenga Progress olika partnerföretag samlades för att mötas, dela tankar och stärka samarbetet inför framtiden. Det var en morgon fylld av värme, inspiration och en känsla av att vi alla arbetar mot en gemensam vision.
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