facilities

Badigue Ecovillage 
To implement guiding principles of the center into practice an environment friendly accommodation facilities for collaborators and tourist will be built. Six traditional round mud huts with wild rice roofing, ecological bathroom facilities, a common space for dinning and relaxing and additional facilities, where personal development activities and holistic body treatment takes place, will be constructed. All these will be powered with the use of sustainable energy resources. Surrounding land is used for farming, breeding plants and animals, based on permaculture conclusions. For educational purposes all the plants are tagged with name and use signs, both in english and kriol. Garden that surrounds the resort will also be the place of artistic intervention (with the emphasis on designing unique garden utilities) which transforms it into enjoyable working and relaxing environment. The core of the project, Badigue ecovillage, is established and run in collaboration with local Nhabali family. After the period of 10 years, when the center is supposed to be well established all the infrastructure together with the site they agreed to lend is returned into family's full property. Educational and artistic program is executed in collaboration with local hospital and primary school, Amilcar Cabral Center of African Youth, IBAP - Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas and others.

Casas de los Maestros 
Center for holistic body treatment and personal development will be established in cooperation with International Naturopathy Solidarity. Together with medicinal plants garden the center will be situated in Badigue ecovillage.

Djemberem info point
A traditional round hut, former popular bar in the centre of town, has been rented to be refurnished into info-point, informing visitors about project activities, river Cacheu natural park and current local events. Same place also serves as a cafeteria with internet access. Since it is quite small additional facilities for other public activities planned is obtained eventually.


Other planned facilities and activities
For educational and artistic purposes, another multifunctional place is rented and a simple outdoor auditorium is build. To keep the place active and vital its basic function is again supported by cafeteria, public internet access and a library with reading corner. Artistic interventions into ecological farm garden and public space of Sao Domingos and surrounding villages are gradual and made in a collaborative manner between the visiting artists and local inhabitants. If needed, extra accommodation for visitors would be rented in Sao Domingos and surrounding villages (seaside resort in Varela, central Sao Domingos, ...). To offer better insight into the whole region of West Africa trips into neighbouring countries as well as inland arrival to Guinea Bissau through Sahara would be organized. For the means of raising awareness about river Cacheu natural park guided educational excursions with traditional canoes are predicted.