Interview of Jean-Marc Terrisse, from the association Via Sahel
For this article, I have made an interview of Jean-Marc Terrisse, a volunteer for the French association Via Sahel . This interview was an oral conversation in French, so I have done my best to translate it but I apologize if some parts are a little bit odd to read! Via Sahel is a federation of eight associations created in 1992, who have been working in the Dogon country, Mali, from 1998 to 2012. Jean-Marc is an engenieer in mechanic and hydrolic, and have been the president of the national federation between 2014 and 2018. The actions of Via Sahel, willingly reduced to the circle of Bandiagara, and especially around the city of Sangha, are covering a wide range of topics: the access to water with the construction of villagers wells, micro credits for women, maternities, hospitals, classrooms, literacy classes for young girls, organic croplands, fight against inflation in dearth period, etc. The associations constituting the federation are very s...