Alanouwaly Salifou Sylla Foundation

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1 - African music school workshops & performances - 8th Salifest - building stage 3 & 4 big house - extended caretaker house to make guesthouse with 4 rooms - animal flock & plants growing - worked with Eau Pure de Guinée Badenha Foli at Salifest What we ve achieved to realise clean water project computer learning project donated clothes to families emergency aid for people prepared & collected for sewing project 30 Blagdon Road, London SE13 7HH, UK info@alanouwaly.com Newsletter/

2 UK School work School drumming 4 schools. 1 workshop for Bromley Youth Music St Mary s church Diamond football donated footballs for Guinea for the 3rd year running Fundraising Stalls at School summer and Christmas Fairs, Rushey Green time bank festival, & at Irish Centre playgroup with lots of handmade donated craft items. Christmas appeal and german appeal raised funds for IT training. WBG, a german water firm donated 5000 for the water project Solar Stucco donated the solar equipment for the solar panel on guest house in Guinea Website We acquired a translation app to have german and english language. Eventually we would like get french and for Alanouwaly Guinea to contribute.the hosting fees for the year were donated The family of the late poet Helmut Heissenbuettel donated the royalties for one of his poems that was used for a peace memorial in Hamburg, Germany. Newsletter/ Donations of clothing, tools and a lot of fabrics for sewing project taken to Guinea Administration We are starting to use the online accountancy app Quickbooks with the help of a volunteer accountant

3 Salif Fest 2015 We were joined by LEMP for the 8th Salifest. Djembe workshop, performances, African Food, home-baked cakes, stalls, children's corner and of course dancing. New people attend every year and we raised funds for building IT and Sewing Centre. Badenha-Foli, a family group from Brazil gave their skills for workshops and performance. News of the event made it into several local papers and a report with photos afterwards. LEMP (Lewisham Ethnic Minority Partnership) held a story-telling workshop with Caribbean flavour Newsletter/

4 Alanouwaly Salifou Sylla Guinea Building Big House stage 3 ornate ceiling in big room, cellar ceiling and stairs hallway 2 layer deep, mosaic ceiling Stage 4 (3 small rooms) floor in Hallway Stage 4 completed: walls and roof, windows and some doors Digging out rocks A huge amount of rocks were dug up this year to even out the terrain, but they are also used for various building work cleared terrain for road next to centre Newsletter/

5 Small house Extension (turning into Guesthouse) decorations under roof Roof The small caretaker house turning into the guest house Structure made of wood, paint to keep out termites and corrugated iron sheets Newsletter/

6 Guesthouse What was a 1 room caretaker house has become a guest house for volunteers or people taking part in projects. It can also provide an income to make the centre sustainable. 3 rooms have adjoining bathrooms, plumbing is finished, but tiling to be done + 1 room needs tiling. There is a lovely big veranda overlooking the land which will get railings and steps. All windows will get ornate security grids. All work is undertaken by high quality local crafts men. Newsletter/

7 Guesthouse Annexe decorative ceilings On the left you see Munsa, the carpenter, designing the ceiling. Each design is different. His calculations are aways very accurate & his work adds to the high quality of all the building. Ibrahima Soumah, very experienced in running computer classes has helped us install the equipment and design the program Computer Learning Project Teaching people to use computers has been a big priority plan. With the help of internet you can learn and find help for so many problems. We have been fundraising for this since 2014 and have sent donated computers & equipment beginning of We haven t raised funds for all the aspects of it but we are pressing ahead with what we have and a pilot class has started. We need more computers as we need to meet demand. The teacher is donating his time in the moment. Newsletter/

8 Sewing project There are not yet enough funds to finish the sewing room, so we have decided to loan out machines to help women to create an income. This is only possible if they have electricity. We are planning sewing training & production at the centre where there is ample solar power. We have worked with Hadiatou, on left who can lead the sewing training. We tested the work with some trials. UK Volunteer hours and skills more than 2000 hours donated for: all management event preparation & management music performances displays/promotional materials project creation in Guinea fundraising assistance for Alanouwaly Guinea Newsletter/

9 Animals and plants Beymax (No2) Goats 3 goats had 4 more kids, 3 black and 1 white. Sadly last year s boy died of illness, so we named the white one above after him. There are now 9 goats. Chicken The chicken laid many eggs and hatched many chicks. People were also eating some of the eggs who are luminous yellow and very delicious. 15 of the new breed were shared to help local families. This a bumper Yam grown at centre, compare it to the size of foot behind Then: disaster struck, a chicken epidemic descended on the area and killed all but the one on the left. She must be very resistant The families who had received chicken have given some back to make up the original numbers. She has started to lay a lot of eggs, her off-spring might inherit her immunity. Life in Africa is precarious, humans or animals are quickly felled by the lack of medicine, the available expertise or the funds for it. Newsletter/

10 Alanouwaly Salifou Sylla Guinea Helping people Ousmane Keita, a painter working on the building expressed his deep gratitude after Alanouwaly was able to donate for his hernia operation. There is no National Insurance for when you re ill. This year we have again brought around 140 kg of donated clothing and shoes to help local people like these 2 mothers & their children. The car has driven for emergencies around 12 times A donated bike from UK now gets Idrissa Biaye to school Mohamed, a volunteer & his wife Eliza (left) have named their first son after Salif. We were able to pass on a generous parcel of clothes and baby items donated from England. This bike sent from UK was used by pupils at centre to go to school. They have decided to give it to Idrissa Coumbassa for rehabilitation after a stroke Newsletter/

11 The water project working with Eau Pure Alanouwaly Guinea collaborated with Alexander Sigmund, a german water engineer and his Eau Pure de Guinée Project. They have helped to release his container, find support from local politicians & is organising the installation of solar pump with panels for the local community in Donghol. The Alanouwaly centre hosted the Eau Pure crew and many volunteers put in many hours to assist the project. Alanouwaly UK assisted the collaboration and contributed to the cost of this. This is the tank and the solar panels mounted on a frame made by local ironmonger. We are hoping to find more opportunities to bring about clean water sources. Alexander has also has sent equipment and tools for his project and to assist Alanouwaly. Newsletter/

12 The years of building the centre and the work of unifying and motivating local people and trying to find international partners are now starting to bear fruit. More projects are on their way. We have seen inspiring solidarity and voluntary contributions. This is the strength of Alanouwaly Guinea under the leadership of Seny Coumbassa to inspire people to work together and combat any scale of corruption. All achievements are due to this and this is Alanouwaly s biggest core worth that takes constant commitment and energy We are proud to have got this far and thank all our supporters for contributing to this. If young Africans can create a better future in their own country there s no need to risk life and limb to reach the very uncertain shores of Europe. The local government officials and radio station visited Alanouwaly to find out about the various project and the organisation. There was a glowing report on Radio 30 Blagdon Road, London SE13 7HH, UK info@alanouwaly.com Newsletter/

13 Alanouwaly Salifou Sylla Foundation If you want to be part of our international network please us: Any donation will be very much appreciated Don t forget that you can increase donations by 25% through Gift Aid Building community and partnerships between Guinea/ West-Africa & UK/Europe through inclusive and respectful exchange of skills, knowledge, music and culture and thereby helping and enriching each others lives. Donate: Online: Online: charitychoice.co.uk/ cheque: payable to, send to 30 Blagdon Road, London SE13 7HH Bank transfer: Coop Bank Account no : sort code : transfer from outside England: BIC code: CPBK GB22 IBAN no: GB31 CPBK You can increase your donation by 25% by declaring it as Gift Aid if you pay income tax in the year you are donating. Please treat this donation of.. as gift aid. Date.. Name:... Address: Signature... Find us on Facebook:, registered Charity Blagdon Road, London SE13 7HH, UK info@alanouwaly.com Newsletter/