Archstorming is launching a new competition in partnership with the NGO Kakolum. We will travel to Casamance, a region in Senegal marked by an identity conflict that started more than 30 years ago and continues to this day. This region, located between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, faces several challenges, one of which is the lack of classrooms for primary and secondary school children.
Schools in Casamance are temporary structures, mostly made of straw, mud or scraps of aluminium, in which students sit on the ground and teachers rarely have a desk or chair. The NGO has been working on the reconstruction of schools in the area, and now they have decided to build a new one in the beach town of Kafountine.
Even though Kafountine's population is around 17,000 inhabitants, there is only one secondary school in the town. This school is currently attended by more than 1,000 students, although the infrastructure doesn’t meet the appropriate conditions to accommodate more than 600. That is why it is necessary to build another secondary school that meets the growing need for schooling in the area.
