Support Laboratories in Burkina Faso & Zimbabwe

Dear Donators,

We are glad to update on our cooperation with newly established Rise Center in Burkina Faso.

Our cooperation will be mainly focused on supporting laboratories in Burkina Faso by identifying two main aspects:

1. Operational focus will on establishing a laboratory for testing and certifying local products (e.g., shea butter, olive oils, and honey);

There is a huge need to find solutions for local problems faced by actors in the shea butter, olive oils, and honey sectors. These actors belong to three professional networks:

 - The Shea Butter Producers Network;

 - The Interprofessional Honey Association of Burkina Faso (IP-Miel/BF);

 - The Olive oils Network.

The quality factors of unrefined butter are: water content, free fatty acids, peroxide value and impurity level. Depending on their values, shea butter is classified into three categories. However, there is a main factor that can control and improve the quality of the shea butter and ensure a better quality, that is the level of vitamin E. There is also the issue of management of waste from shea butter production.

2. Operational focus on training of private labs in of applied science, for example local chemical production.

We want to offer more accesible consulting services to laboratories in laboratory management and local chemical production. Here are some specific examples:

 - Production of distilled water;

 - Production of Hydrogen Peroxide;

 - Production of Buffered Solution;

 - Management in Laboratory, Safety in Laboratory.

- Other types of applied Sciences such as Mining, water pollution treatment, smart sensors for agricultural monitoring, etc. 

Looking forward for this coppertaion to thrive and deliver so needed support for local laboratories in Burkina Faso.

Best regards,

Action10 team

We are excited to inform about the CREMA-Health, a groundbreaking African-led research initiative that brings together talented scientists and researchers from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, and Sweden. This collaborative effort aims to address pressing health challenges that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations throughout the African continent, with a focus on developing sustainable, locally-appropriate solutions.

Interdisciplinary team is developing culturally-appropriate and environmentally sustainable health solutions by investigating several interconnected areas: environmental pollutants and their health impacts, medicinal plants with therapeutic potential, innovative water purification technologies using local materials, and complex nutrition-environment interactions that affect immune function and disease susceptibility.

The results of this research initiative will have a positive long-term affect on activities in our supported laboratories in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe