Le périmètre de Kamsé

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In the North of Burkina Faso, desertification is eating away at the land and immigration is emptying the villages. In Kamsé, the inhabitants who have stayed behind have embarked on a pharaonic project using means from another era: digging a network of dykes and ponds in the heat of the day, using shovels and pickaxes, and then planting thousands of trees to green and fertilize the areas conquered by the desert. A battle led by the women, who transformed the perimeter of Kamsé with the strength of their arms.