Overgrazing is a major problem in Sahelian zones. The organization of farming is a development issue in a landscape constrained by drastic ecological pressures.

A child goes to the village school. Education for girls is a major development challenge and a saving alternative to their early marriage.

There is no health system in remote villages of the Sahel. Medical students from the capital sometimes come hold consultations in the villages at the initiative of universities.

The weekly market is a place of encounter and exchange, essential to the economy of isolated semi-arid regions. Selling fruit Balanites Aegyptiaca harvested in savanna is a financial contribution to the family.

Daily prayers punctuate the lives of farmers who wait for hours for water supply among huge amount of cattle. Islam is an important landmark in the course of everyday life and in the perception of social change.

Water leaks and promiscuity between humans and animals maintain unsanitary conditions conducive to the development of parasitic diseases.

Men and cattle share water drilling. There is no separation between the place where the animals drink and wade from where people get their water.

A child struggles to get water with very rudimentary pumping system.

A child struggles to get water with very rudimentary pumping system.

Early morning, the inhabitants of permanent camps travel 5 to 15 miles, to be the first to get water. Every 2 days, they travel up to 30 km in the cart.

Human and technical resources to fight against bush fires are often ineffective.

Human and technical resources to fight against bush fires are often ineffective.