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THE FOUNDER:
Katrin Rohde

Who we are

The purpose of our Association is to support the facilities of AMPO, Association Managré Nooma pour la protection des orphelins (Association for the protection of orphans) in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. We assist children who are orphans or half-orphans, offering them protection, food, accommodation, schooling and psychological support. Another AMPO facility is there to assist young women who have been driven out of their villages, providing them with a fresh start and enabling them to lead independent lives. Our mission is therefore to promote education, integration, courage and strength towards a life of self-determination.

The aim of the Association is also to allow access for as many people as possible to medical and health support, by offering free treatment and medication to the poorest of the poor at our AMPO Clinic.

In supporting the various facilities our goal is to counteract a refugee movement which is driving people towards a future without dignity. Our aim is to show them the prospects available in their own country  and to offer them assistance. The children especially are the future of this country. ...Mission statement

AMPO Facilities

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AMPO Orphanages

MIA-ALMA
Refuge for abandoned girls

AMPO - Social Services

TONDTENGA  
Agricultural college and organic farm

MAM DUNIA
Training kitchen and restaurant

PANG LA WENDE  
Wheelchair project

HANDICAP MOBILE  
Mobile wheelchair project

AMPO Clinic

AMPO  
Training facilities

Current activities

Monthly diary

At the end of January an association, whose aim is to contribute to the development of young people in the Sahel Region, organised a joint dinner for the children. The meal provided the members with an opportunity to show solidarity and support for the children. The menu included  seasoned rice with fish, a traditional local dish, and bissap juice. The hosts also brought along soap for the children and promised to come back again with more gifts in the future.

Travel diary Burkina Faso 2023

We set off for the airport at 3 a.m. on the start of our journey to AMPO in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. We flew to Brussels, arriving in the wind and the rain, but it didn’t matter we weren’t going outside. At Brussels airport we met the other three members of our group who flew in from Frankfurt.

Monthly diary

December brought some lovely gifts to AMPO. The good Christmas action of a group of artists was to offer a storytelling evening to our AMPO protégés.

Monthly diary

In the month of October, 140 women received help through the granting of micro-credits in the AMPO project P.P.Filles. Many of them are widows and are in difficult situations. Some are internally displaced persons who had to leave their villages behind because of terror.

The 2023 AMPO Calendar has arrived!

What has become of those children who have already left the AMPO orphanages? Our new
calendar features 12 moving accounts about children whose lives have been changed by AMPO
and who have embarked upon a future full of hope. “Before”and “after” photos and a short
biography illustrate the impact and the potential of your support.
Order you calendar
By phone: 030 6416 5504 or
by email: info@ampo-intl.org
Price: EUR 10.00 each plus postage

Monthly diary

50 boys returned to the orphanage on the 22nd of September after spending 8 weeks with their families or guardians. During this time the team of educators were busy with enrolment in school, procuring school material and making school uniforms.

After discussions and applying the means test criteria, five new boys joined the orphanage. For them of course it was all new and took a bit of getting used to. But everyone was enroled, kitted out and ready to start school on time on the 3rd of October.

Monthly diary

The young women at our MIA/ALMA refuge took a break from their normal daily activities this month. This meant they had  more time to play various board games like Ludo or to play cards.

Monthly diary

Some projects are currently on summer break, but we can report on the MIA-ALMA women's shelter. New activities are always being carried out there to prepare the women for independence.

Archive
Monday, 03.04.2023

Back in Plön!

Tourist Info Plön (Bahnhofstr. 5, 24306 Plön)

Burkina Faso - Germany, a life between two continents.

Katrin Rohde reports on the current situation in Ouagadougou and the impact on the projects.

Sunday, 16.04.2023

Regular table in Hamburg

Café Vivet (Spitalerstraße 9, 20095 Hamburg)

Dear friends,

a new date has been set for our regulars' table in Hamburg!

New ideas are needed on how we can support AMPO even more.

Wednesday, 26.04.2023

Regular table in Berlin

Geschäftsstelle Berlin (Blücherstr. 41,10961 Berlin)

Dear friends,

finally a new date has been set for Berlin.

We would be happy to welcome you with us!

Weekend Christmas markets for AMPO

Just in time for the first weekend of Advent, several Christmas markets took place where AMPO was represented. Volunteers as well as the staff from the Berlin office were very active.

Freie Waldorfschule Heidelberg - Running for Burkina Faso

In spite of soaring temperatures the pupils of the Freie Waldorfschule in Heidelberg held a sponsored run for a good cause. They had already started contactjng sponsors for the run and they succeeded for the most part. Those unable to offer financial support were able to assist in other ways …

Fundraising for AMPO

Despite the tropical heat, the flea market in Darmstadt went very well. Our AMPO supporter, Elena Onken, was there selling articles from our shop and other hand-knitted products. The proceeds went to AMPO. Thank you so much, Elena Onken. We really admire your creativity and your commitment.

More fundraising for AMPO

The Whitsun charity concert held during a flea market in Pfingstberg near Plön was a huge success! The BroCross family band raised enough for two wheelchairs for children in Burkina Faso. Fans who had travelled specially from Emsland and Hanover joined the band in a traditional laola wave when each contribution was announced. There are eleven members of the band, two brothers with their families from Plön and Melle near Osnabrück. The youngest is only ten years old. With brilliant weather and a constant supply of cold drinks, coffee, cakes, skewers of meat and sausages, about 1,000 participants had a great time at Hof Schlossblick, home of the Rothfos family. Thanks to all our helpers we had an unforgettable day.

AMPO Directors visit Berlin

It was our great pleasure to meet the Director General of AMPO in Ouagadougou, Dénis Yameogo, and the Director of the Clinic, Léontine Samandoulougou

Online meeting with DEVELOPmed.Aid

We held an online meeting with the DEVELOPmed.Aid organisation on the 20th of May. Two of the founders, Katrin Rohde and Dr. Lena Katharina Müller, spoke about the cooperation between the two organisations and how that came about. We also talked about the challenges facing development work in Ouagadougou. But there were exchanges on a happier note as well. All of us are in admiration of the commitment of these young people who founded this relief organisation when they were still students. Thanks to the cooperation between AMPO and DEVELOPmed.Aid it has been possible to carry out major medical interventions on nearly 1,400 children so far.

For a summary of the online meeting click on the Link.

Jumble sale and a presentation by Katrin Rohde at Berolina eG Housing Association

On Saturday we held a jumble sale for a good cause in Berlin at the Berolina eG Housing Association on Jakobs-Inseln. We were not put off by the poor weather forecast and lo and behold it was all in all a huge success for  AMPO. There were lots of visitors and everyone was in good spirits in spite of the wind. Katrin’s presentation was very well received with standing room only towards the end. Katrin spoke in detail about the AMPO facilities and the work being done in Burkina Faso, highlighting this with the success stories of young people who started at the AMPO orphanages. The audience had the opportunity to raise some very interesting questions later and so we had a very positive exchange. We are already looking forward to the next jumble sale and other events with our valuable partner, Berolina eG Housing Association.