The camp is the result of a collaboration with the fair-trade tourism association 'Voyage en Solidaire'. The first phase has been fully funded by the association thanks to several awards, memberships, private donations and development aids.The facility is directed by a local management committee, chosen by the chiefs of the three ethnic groups present in the village (peulh, bambara y bozo). Its function -of the committee- is assure the perfect state of conservation of the camp, as well as its functioning according to a commonly-agreed ethic chart. The benefits are used by the community to impulse the local development of the region.Nyogondeme
is the bambara word that describes any work developed in associative collaboration, sharing goals and benefits.
The project is defined according to a very easily-negotiable basis, also adaptable to any sort of change or contingency (wind patterns, views, storms directions, etc.) due to the fact that the information about the site, at the designing phase, is almost inexistent and continuously changing. An specific construction technique is neither precised; on the contrary, a totally independent system is conceived so it can fruitfully assimilate the local vicissitudes, as well as all the vernacular knowledge of the master mason.The project is developed, built, opened and celebrated during the course of six months.