Student associations
Support for pupils’ and students’ associations to organise their cultural days.
Social action
Producing, and giving back to the community
Long before the farm, the founder — a public-health nurse who became a healthcare manager in the United States — supported schools, health and associations in his home region. FAMZ continues this commitment: its goal is not personal wealth, but jobs, training and the well-being of families in the Kapolondougou commune.
Already achieved
Concrete actions
Maternal and child health, community life, employment: targeted support provided by the founder.
A traditional birth attendant who became a nurse
2022-2023: funding the training of a traditional birth attendant at the Kapolondougou community health centre (CSCom), who became a maternal and child health nurse.
A nurse who became head of the centre
Funding the training of the same CSCom’s nurse, who became a senior technician and then head of the centre.
Emergency ultrasound
Funding the training of the CSCom head in emergency ultrasound, to better monitor pregnancies and emergencies on site.
Women and people with disabilities
In Bougouni, until 2009: creating and supporting women’s associations, and helping the Federation of People Living with Disabilities set up income-generating projects, in partnership with a French association.
Passing on a trade
Equipping a first internet café in Bougouni and training a young man in computer maintenance, who later became the café’s owner and a trainer.
In pictures
At the N’Kourala school
Ongoing
Day to day
Tomorrow
Scaling up
Why local healthcare? A study conducted in southern Mali (Heinmüller, Dembélé, Jouquet, Haddad and Ridde) showed that making primary care completely free for children under 5 raised health-centre attendance from 0.3 to 1.8 consultations per child per year.