ASSOCIATED VOLUNTEER experts

Drafting of the specifications, taking into account the adjustments and modifications made by the sisters, which enabled the contractor, Mr. Diatta, to put a figure on the project; after checking the estimate and the usual negotiations, preparation of the works contract; trip to Senegal for the signing of the contract in December.

Early January 2023 : start of foundation work ; trip to Senegal in February, then in May to check on progress, start of maternity ward elevations. 

Back in Senegal at the beginning of October, the elevations of the two buildings are nearing completion, then in February 2024 I see that the dispensary's framework is being erected, the plasterwork on the facades is complete, and the electricians have begun their incorporation work.

In October, we visited the two buildings to take delivery. A few minor reservations were noted, which the contractor promised to resolve before the inauguration. The facility has been in operation since early September.

Saturday November 30, 2024, inauguration of the dispensary and maternity unit (some forty births have already taken place) in the presence of VIPs and an impressive number of villagers. 

Inauguration of the center in the presence of Mother MARIE JOSE, superior general of the SAINT THOMAS DE VILLENEUVE hospitable sisters.

3^rd intervention by Eric, AVe "project management" expert at Djilas Sénégal

For the 3^rd time, Eric, an AVe expert specializing in building management, visited Djilas to check on the progress of the dispensary and maternity hospital construction site. The company is doing a good job, with work scheduled to take 10 months, but progressing more slowly than expected.

the entrance to the current Djilas health center	Progress of work on the new center

Intervention of an AVe "project management" expert in Djilas Senegal 

At the end of October 2022, Eric, an AVe expert, went to the commune of Djilas, south of Dakar (Senegal), to a health center belonging to a religious congregation. This was Eric's second trip to Djilas. The objective of the mission was achieved: following meetings with different companies (construction, water connection, electrical connection...), a contract for the construction of a new health center and a new maternity ward was finalized and signed. For the religious congregation, this represents an important contract. The intervention of the expert allowed to specify the plans, the estimates, the different points of the specifications of the building constructions and thus to avoid several pitfalls during the construction. From now on, the works will start for a period of 10 months with a remote control of the expert and a visit on the spot if necessary.

	Eric, AVe expert, with Mother Marie José and the sisters of the religious congregation of Djilas		Mr DIATA, from the company ABY TECHNOLOGIE based in DAKAR, with Mother Marie José

1st AVe mission "project management assistance" for the construction of a dispensary and a maternity hospital in Djilas, a village located 150 km south of Dakar

Following the request of a religious congregation, Eric, an AVe expert specialized in building design, carried out a project management assistance mission for the renovation and construction of a dispensary and a maternity ward in their health center in Djilas. The size and condition of the current buildings no longer correspond to the rapidly increasing demand or to the standards of hygiene and cleanliness. The congregation of the sisters has been established since 1974 in the village of Djilas located about two and a half hours from Dakar.  

Eric Dufour, AVe expert specialized in building design		the entrance of the current health center of Djilas		a little shade near the entrance of the health center of Djilas

Technical mission to the Laiterie du Berger in Richard Toll

As part of the agreement between the Laiterie du Berger, the In Vivo Foundation and AVe, Jean Paul and Gilbert, AVe experts, carried out a technical mission to Richard Toll (Senegal) in January 2019. During the previous AVe mission in May 2018, Daniel and Louis, following their diagnosis, had indicated that the most effective lever to increase milk production was the cow's feed in the dairy collection area. These cows,  zebu breed, produced 1 to 2 liters of milk per day. By improving feed, this production can be doubled. As the collection area is located near an irrigated area (development of the Senegal river) with a major sugar cane plantation (17,000 ha), the idea is to use two sugar cane by-products to feed cows : mooring lines (the end of sugar cane straws) left on the plot and molasses, a by-product of the cane refinery.

	Gilbert and Jean Paul with farm staff of the Laiterie du Berger		Mamadou, manager of the Laiterie du Berger with Jean Paul and Gilbert		Mamadou, Jean Paul and Gilbert in front of the (experimental) herd of the Laiterie du Berger

  1st AVe Mission for the Laiterie du Berger - Richard Toll in Senegal

In early 2018, two AVe experts, Louis Jestin and Daniel Mathiot carried out a first mission for the “Shepherd's Dairy”, a Senegalese family business, created in 2006 in Richard Toll in Senegal by Bagore Bathilly, a young Senegalese veterinarian.

	Milking is done by hand, twice a day, in the presence of the calf		Bagore Bathilly director of the Laiterie du Berger - Daniel and Louis AVe Experts