Frau Trienekens with the children
The AMPO-ALMA home was opened on 31st January 2008. This second facility for girls in need is built on the success of AMPO-MIA. Here too the girls are entitled to three years’ training.
In both facilities we offer the secure environment of a relatively small group where trauma can be processed, self-confidence created and trade skills acquired. Preparation and support are given for subsequent reintegration into stable social relationships. Various learning activities and moral support enable the girls to have a future in which they can determine their own fate in a positive way.
The ALMA home is lovingly and competently managed by Marie Salome Minougou. Together with a staff of five she looks after the well-being of the girls and their children. Emphasis is placed on ethics, hygiene, social behaviour and family planning.
The ALMA home has its own tailoring workshop specialising in patchwork made of African materials. All the young women in care are trained in tailoring. The girls are also trained in the kitchens, both in traditional and modern cuisine. Similar to the system at MIA, a basic standard of training is provided, including reading, arithmetic, French and civic education.
At ALMA there are several 6-week teaching modules with external teachers and during these periods the girls only spend half the day in the tailoring workshop.
The illiteracy rate in Burkina Faso is still 85%. How can a country develop if the population is unable to read?
The Katrin Rohde Foundation provides the financial means to support AMPO-ALMA as well as AMPO-MIA.
