The Guinean village of Fodécariah, where our numerous projects were realised, is located 60km north of Kankan. As can be seen on the map on the right, it is located in the north-east of the country, directly on the Milo River, which is a tributary of the Niger. Administratively, it belongs to the sub-prefecture of Balimana, which in turn is a sub-prefecture of Kankan. Fodécariah is the largest village in the Balimana metropolitan area, which has a total of about 50,000 inhabitants.

Fodécariah is a typical Upper Guinean village with homes made from clay. It has around 16500 inhabitants including 4000 children (830 primary school students, and 380 secondary school students). There is still no public electricity supply and there are too few wells with drinking water. Despite this somewhat backward state of affairs, its inhabitants are striving for better education for their children. The primary school was renovated in 2014 and extended by 12 classrooms. Of the 830 students, 413 receive a classical French education, whilst the remainder receive a French-Arabic education. The school currently employs seven primary school teachers with a monthly wage of 50 €. The secondary school that we built now employs 9 teachers with a monthly wage of 105 €.