Broguhe (14)

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Project Hope and Fairness has been visiting Broguhe since 2005. The village is reached by driving on a dirt road for about 8 km (5 miles). We have donated a scale, boots, machetes, sharpeners, and a well. We are currently raising money to electrify the sewing room so the chief's wife can teach young women how to make clothing. Please visit www.projecthopeandfairness to make a donation.




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Drying a river fish whose name I do not know. Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006







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The chief of Broguhe is showing how rice dries. This particular type he called “Uncle Ben’s”. Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006.







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Broguhe's School, Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006







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Dale Landis inspects a classroom in Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire. 2006.







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An abandoned clinic in Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire. 2006







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The schoolmaster in Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire. 2006. He's holding a history of Houphouet Boigny in his hands. He runs three classrooms using two assistants, who are teenagers. The village pays him in land, which he cultivates on the weekends.







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The chief's wife's sewing room. It needs electrification. Want to help? Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire, 2006.









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The old well--totally ruined. Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire, 2007. Chief (right) and Evariste, a consultant to PH&F, are standing next to it.







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Kate Montgomery poses with one of the village women. Broguhe, Cote d'Ivoire. 2007








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Skyline Lau poses with the chief (left) and Evariste (right)







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Chief of Broguhe and Tom Neuhaus, Buds. Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2008.







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The chief and two of his four wives.
Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2010.





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The chief's wife holds her child while she shows a picture that Anna Nakayama sent with me of Anna holding the child in 2009.
Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2010.





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Group shot.
Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2010.

We did not visit Broguhe in 2011 because of the continuing inter-ethnic violence that would have made the journey extra-dangerous. In December, I raised $1800 to rebuild and electrify the sewing room. That same month, the FRPC (army) burned down 14 homes and killed four people, including one who is pictured on this site. President Ouattara is trying to defuse the situation, but it's been festering since 1993, when President Bédié introduced the concept of Ivoirité.

Below are pictures of the destruction.



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Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2011





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The chief's appatam being rebuilt after its destruction.
Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2011.






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A burnt house.
Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2011.




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Burnt sewing machine. See http://www.cocoafarmerinterviews.blogspot.com/ for interview with Hortense concerning how electrification can help.
Broguhe, Côte d'Ivoire, 2011.