In sub-Saharan Africa, the struggle to obtain decent housing plunges millions of families into a vicious circle of poverty. Association la Voûte Nubienne (AVN) offers a solution to this problem, based on three integrated concepts:
AVN organises the training and support of local teams to promote this solution on a large-scale. As a result, families can acquire affordable, sustainable, and decent housing, at the same time improving their economic conditions, their quality of life, and their environment.
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Thomas Granier and Seri Youlou, co-founders of AVN, have been selected by the Schwab Foundation to receive the prize of « African Social Entrepreneur of the Year, 2012», at the World Economic Forum for Africa, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 9-11.
The Fondation Air Liquide is providing support for AVN's program in Mali in 2012, centred on our work in the region of Segou-Koutiala
AVN is one of 18 semi-finalists for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, so we are in the running for a $100,000 prize for our Earth Roofs in the Sahel program. Read more...
AVN’s programnme in Burkina Faso has been selected by a jury of experts from over 350 initiatives as one of the 35 laureates for SEED 2011, in the category ’sustainable consumption and production’.
The AVN teams in France and Burkina Faso would like to thank The Abbé Pierre Foundation for providing financial support for AVN’s programme in the region of Boromo, Burkina Faso.
