Basic Infrastructure
We support innovative solutions that give communities access to clean drinking water, electricity, cooking facilities and heating. The communities that benefit from this infrastructure are actively involved in the projects.
Burkina Faso - newTree - Fencing off land
In cooperation with local families and women’s groups new Tree fences off wasteland of about 3 ha to protect it from logging and grazing animals.
Bolivia - Drinking Water in the Altiplano
Camata Sud, a village at 3'842 meters above sea, was looking for a solution to bring drinking water to its 500 inhabitants.
Initiated by the engineering company SIAB (Servicio Integral Agropecuario Boliviano) a project was defined to build two windmills to generate electricity and activate pumps to transport the underground drinking water to two elevated tanks of 7’000 liters each. From there the water is distributed to the households in the village. The system is fully redundant.
Bolivia – Greenhouses in the Altiplano
Fontana Foundation supported the installation of 46 solar tents (greenhouses) for 46 families in Achacachi in the Bolivian Andes. The goal of this project was to enable and train these families to grow their own vegetables year around and thus give them food security.