AGRICULTURE

NUTRITION 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

WATER AND HYGIENE ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION OF TECHNOLOGIES

MICROCREDIT APPROPRIATE FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

ENERGY

MEDICINE 2014 ANNUAL REPORT ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION OF TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

CONTENT

Editorial ...... 4 The foundation ...... 5 Nutrition ...... 6 Water ...... 10 Agriculture ...... 14 Energy ...... 17 Medicine ...... 19 Microcredit ...... 22 Financial report ...... 25 Team and donors ...... 27 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

especially the case given climate been scientifically studied. Antenna issues and the major disruption Technologies is more convinced they bring to ecosystems. The than ever of the advantages of solution is a new model that micro-algaes and will soon start fundamentally changes agriculture, further spirulina production in including giving more land over to Morocco. farming, abolishing monocultures, treating soils with biofertilisers The benefits of good nutrition and biopesticides, stepping up on the human body can be family farming and better managing counteracted by the effects and protecting water resources, of conventional agrochemical amongst other things. Agricultural pesticides and water pollution: research on environmental health their dangers are well known and and the nutritional needs of recognised even by the World populations must be a priority. Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer Today, 75% of the world’s (IARC), which has a reputation for nutritional needs are met by small- being particularly cautious. We scale farmers. Agrobusiness led know that traces of pesticides, by big corporations is generally fungicides and herbicides remain uninterested in this sort of in our bodies long after we have EDITORIAL model. Governments, research eaten, and the IARC now calls centres, foundations, NGOs and glyphosate, one of the most popular We know that the human UN agencies urgently need to products in the world, a “probable population will reach 9 billion integrate their work on health, carginogen”. people in the coming 30 years. water, agriculture and nutrition. This demographic increase is the Innovative local agricultural Antenna Technologies has around principal factor for our growing economies, based on research sixty projects, each spurring us on food demand, but not the only one. that ensures optimum productivity, to find ways to improve the health storage and local processing, must of lower income populations. We absolutely must eat more be an absolute priority to avoid Nature has all the solutions, responsibly, eat less, and end hunger in the near future. Micro we should not turn to synthetic the food waste! This is a colossal and small scale gardens, with chemistry. undertaking, which requires a the biofertilisers, biopesticides, joint effort of foundations, NGOs, micro-irrigation, micro-financing, Let us hope that universities and governments and the private micro-processing that go along research centres obtain more sector to tackle. with making them more productive, financial support from public bodies have not yet received the and major foundations, so we can Antenna Technologies believes recognition they deserve and are respond to the food insecurity that that health, safe drinking water, still largely unsupported by the big threatens us all. agriculture and nutrition are all development agencies. parts of the same whole. The most Denis von der Weid serious mistake of the last 50 In agriculture, the ÉLÉPHANT Director of Antenna Technologies years has been ignoring the ways VERT Group offers innovative and in which these essential elements sustainable agricultural products of human life are connected and and services in Africa and Europe. depend on one another. Work has The fungi-based biofertilisers and been carried out on each area biopesticides also have a positive individually, as if that work could impact on environment and human succeed independently of the other health. issues. Meeting nutritional requirements Faced with ultra-powerful health, means making greater use of agrochemical and agrobusiness micro-nutrients. Medicinal plants multinationals, Antenna and micro-algaes, particularly Technologies sees an urgent need spirulina, have unique health and 4 for a new way of working. This is nutritional properties, which have ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

SCIENCE

FIELD TESTING

DISSEMINATION

Antenna Technologies is a Swiss FIELD TESTING departments and their foundations Foundation committed to the to scale faster and make our research and dissemination of We attract financial resources, products more affordable technologies appropriate for the talent, partners and access to the and available. Antenna also basic needs of the most vulnerable field to test the ideas collaborates with international communities. organizations and local NGOs to Technologies maximize networks, resources and SCIENCE Local contexts and circumstances results. Government institutions guide our developments. The are vital partners for awareness We are constantly on the lookout for technologies we transfer are campaigns and dissemination great new ideas field tested and refined to meet through public sector institutions consumer needs, and are designed (schools, hospitals, etc.). Antenna Technologies Foundation to be user friendly and affordable. develops technological, health We also study and promote Social Enterprises & Microfinance and commercial solutions in traditional health remedies and Antenna designs microfinance and partnership with universities, locally-produced medicines. In micro leasing options, facilitates nonprofit organizations and private addition, we test business models technology transfer, and is an angel companies to meet the basic needs so our technologies can be used for investor in new and existing social of marginalized populations in income generating activities. enterprises. developing countries. DISSEMINATION We believe businesses create jobs, Local input ensure greater access to products, Our solutions respond to the needs We build a diverse and resilient and increase community revenues. of end users living at the Base of ecosystem to disseminate our the Pyramid and are designed and solutions adapted with input from our field partners. We develop and transfer Partnerships affordable, efficient, durable and We partner with companies, their simple technologies. Corporate Social Responsibility 5 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Spirulina farm in Agou Nyogbo in Togo - photo Gwennaël Bolomey

Antenna Technologies Foundation WHERE WE WORK Antenna Technologies focused has focused on growing and additional resources on devising a marketing the micro-algae Africa: Burundi, Madagascar, Mali, multi-pronged approach to tackle Spirulina in an effort to combat Niger, Central African Republic, malnutrition in India. A government malnutrition. Spirulina is rich in Morocco and Togo. report titled ‘Children in India 2012 protein, beta-carotene, essential Asia: Cambodia, India and Laos. - A statistical Appraisal’ notes that amino acids, iron, zinc, 52 trace “48% of children under age five minerals and is very easily 2014 RESULTS years are stunted … which indicates assimilated by the body. It rapidly that half of the country’s children improves the health of children In 2014 Antenna Technologies are chronically malnourished.” and adults suffering from mild France (ATF) supported 10 spirulina According to UNICEF, one in three and moderate malnutrition, and production and distribution malnourished children in the world boosts the immune system of sick programmes in 8 countries, and is Indian. The Hungama study people. We build autonomous and Antenna Nutritech Foundation conducted by the Nandi Foundation financially viable Spirulina farms continued production and trainings highlighted that 92 % of the and distribution networks. in Madurai, India. The combined mothers in our target demographic production of dry spirulina reached are not familiar with the word We also run nutrition centres, just over 4 tonnes, and about 30% „malnutrition“. and are currently researching was gifted or subsidized for school and developing Spirulina fortified feeding programs, reaching 20,000 With partners such as the Ambuja food products. Beyond Spirulina, children. Our Nutrition Centres Cement Foundation (a subsidiary Antenna also promotes micro- in Madagascar, Togo, Central of the Holcim Company), Dialogue farming, proper hygiene practices, African Republic and India operated Factory, and Pessos and HAFL in nutrition research and behavioural normally, weighing and monitoring Switzerland, our team launched change studies, as well as analysis children’s growth, teaching an ambitious project , the “1 of other local superfoods to mothers about balanced diets, as million plan”, aimed to restore the 6 maximise our nutritional impact. well as the benefits of spirulina. health of 1 million malnourished ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

Antenna Technologies France has 11 SPIRULINA PRODUCTION and distribution programmes in 9 countries

20,000 CHILDREN received spirulina through our programs

Indian children by 2020. Antenna RESEARCH & HIGHLIGHTS and partners have formulated DEVELOPMENT an awareness campaign to Almost a tonne of spirulina was change behaviour, started new In Cambodia, Dr Hubert Barennes, produced by Antenna Cambodia Spirulina production, developed a paediatrician, epidemiologist, in 2014. The farm construction a text messaging and web-based PhD, accredited research director started in 2011 with a 400m2 tank monitoring tool, and are developing and adviser at the Institut Pasteur in Siem Real and a 300m2 tank and testing Spirulina-fortified foods in Phnom Penh, has spearheaded in Kandal. Over the years, the and candies. an 8 month spirulina study. The uptake of spirulina farming was main objectives are to confirm successful, the Minister of Health the impact of spirulina on the authorised Spirulina to be sold in growth and health of children healthcare facilities, we organized under 6 years of age and to the marketing for commercial sales assess its impact on anaemia and and social distribution, and we inflammation in children. The study put in place Spirulina distribution involves two courses of 10 weeks channels to children cared for by for 200 children from the Pour Un organisations such as Pour un Sourire d’Enfants (PSE) school, Sourire d’Enfants (PSE), ASPECA- followed by 5 weeks of observation. Enfants d’Asie and Toutes à l’Ecole. The anthropometric data (height With this success, we built an and weight) of the children were additional 200m2 tank in each measured, and 4ml of blood was of the farms, started pressing taken to measure their blood count Spirulina pills, launched a spirulina and ferritin and C reactive protein impact study with Dr Barennes (CRP) levels before and after the to influence local authorities and courses of treatment. The results of additional NGOs, and have started the study will be available in June looking for a local partner to 2015. take on the task thus far done by volunteers of Antenna Cambodia. Research on food products containing spirulina are on-going: In the initial stages of the projects fruit puree in India and Morocco, in 2010, Antenna Technologies cereal bars in Laos and fruit juice France came together with in Togo. Agrisud, a French NGO working Spirambar production, Jalna, India in Cambodia, to identify partners. 7 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Spirulina being distributed at the Agou Nyogbo Nutrition Centre in Togo - photo ATF

In this way two farming families • Madagascar: improve spirulina from rural areas who had their own farm yields and revisit the idea land were selected and trained. A of Nutrition Centres to reach as social and commercial distribution many children as possible. structure, Antenna Cambodia, was created in Phnom Penh under • Mali: develop the commercial the leadership of a volunteer of market with the help of Solidarité Internationale (VSI). In ÉLÉPHANT VERT Mali so that the “Spirulina farming by our 2014, our two farming families Spirulina farm near Bamako can Southern hemisphere produced almost a tonne of begin production in all basins. Spirulina and will produce double partners is now working as soon as the market demands. • Togo: develop the commercial well, and a quality mark market for Spirulina to ensure NEXT STEPS the Agou Nyogbo farm becomes is going to be put in self-sufficient, and launch a new place. The development In 2015, Antenna Technologies programme in the Kara region. of sales channels for France will support: • Research and testing of spirulina- both the raw and the • Burundi: the start of a new 600m2 based products. processed product will be spirulina farm project. Exploratory work will continue the main priority in the • Cambodia: takeover of Antenna in Uganda, Niger, Chad and the months to come. Without Cambodia by a local partner and Philippines to assess whether we will a commercial market, further Spirulina marketing. support Spirulina programs there, and partnerships with organizations we cannot support our • Central African Republic: develop and companies already working with charitable aims and agriculture programmes and a spirulina will be cultivated. moringa farm. develop sustainable Antenna Nutritech Foundation’s programmes.” • Laos: improve Spirulina forecast for 2015 : farm production and develop Diane de Jouvencel partnerships with NGOs. To increase production of spirulina 8 Managing Director, ATF and distribute to 13,000 children (up ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

Spirulina being pressed at the Kandal farm in Cambodia - photo ATF from 10’000 in 2014). behavioural change and marketing Antenna Technologies We will increase the number mechanisms with Dialogue Factory. France Partners of students from colleges and Antenna Technologies Antsirabé, universities visiting Antenna Team Madagascar Nutritech’s facilities (in 2014, 218 Antenna Technologies France Association Antenna Mali students visited Antenna Nutritech) Jean-Patrice Poirier, President Antenna Cambodia Diane de Jouvencel, Managing Maï Savanh Lao, Laos Antenna Technologies Foundation’s Director Tarbiyya Tatali, Niger focus for 2015: Vincent Guigon, Technical Director Kenose-Antenna, Central African and Africa Lead Republic We will continue our multi-pronged Jérôme Franck, Madagascar Lead Burundisol, Burundi approach for the 1 million plan. Pascal Godon, South-East Asia ECO-Spiruline, Togo HAFL will be working with us to Lead find a winning recipe for a Spirulina Geneviève Rouillé, Communication Antenna Technologies fortified food or candy. We will also Foundation Partners be seeking professional production Antenna Nutritech Foundation, Ambuja Cement Foundation, India partners in India as well as India Dialogue Factory, India distribution partners who already Selvendran Duraikkannan, Envis BE, Switzerland serve our key demographics. We Managing Director HAFL in Zollikofen, Switzerland also plan to field-test our resulting Yugandhar Mandavkar, Chairman Pessos, Switzerland product to ensure acceptability of taste, stability of the product, and Antenna Technologies Foundation, More information most importantly, effectiveness Switzerland www.antenna-france.org in reducing malnutrition. We will Urs Heierli, Economist, Director of www.antennaindia.org further refine the monitoring tool MSD Consulting www.antenna.ch/en/research/ with Pessos, improve the quality Selina Haeny, Coordinator of nutrition of Spirulina production with the Spirulina Projects in India Ambuja Foundation, and research 9 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Guinea Conakry

WATA technology works by 2014 RESULTS with the WataTest and WataBlue electrolysing a salt-water solution reagents, ensuring homogenous to create sodium hypochlorite The WATA kits are used in four production. (active chlorine). A litre of this ways: chlorine solution can make 4,000 Antenna ensures that we capitalise litres of water safe to drink, or it • Centralised sodium hypochlorite on good practices and build up can be used to disinfect surfaces, production and stabilisation capacities locally so we can replicate food items and wounds in care to create a chlorine “factory” our partners’ success in other facilities, health centres and the capable of distributing flasks places. home. (Guinea-Conakry, India, Nepal, Pakistan) In addition to our regular drinking Three sizes of WATA are available water projects, we supported to meet different needs, powered • Safe drinking water through the emergency response to the either by solar energy or electricity. the decentralised production Ebola crisis. Our partner Tinkisso The WATA kit also includes the of sodium hypochlorite, which Antenna in Guinea-Conakry led WATATest reagents to check the is then put directly into tanks, more than 250 hygiene education quality of the chlorine solution and containers and water-supply campaigns with partners and the find the right dilution level. systems (India, DRC, Mali, WATA units were able to meet Bangladesh, etc.) local chlorine needs through WHERE WE WORK continuous production. Private • Community programmes, sector companies such as Rio Tinto Our WATA technology is used in providing a disinfection service supported these efforts. 45 countries, including Burkina in schools (Nepal), hospitals and Faso, Guinea-Conakry, Democratic health centres (Burkina Faso) and We also expanded our program to Republic of Congo, Mali, Togo, prisons (Rwanda). test and tease out economic models Nepal, India, Cambodia, Pakistan, for household water treatment Haiti and Bolivia. • Quality assurance service for (HWT) provision and participated in a 10 chlorine and safe drinking water regional WHO conference on access ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

3,241 WATA KITS

DISTRIBUTED Installed production capacity enabling the treatment of 54 731 040 LITRES PER DAY

1,984,871 PEOPLE PROTECTED against cholera and waterborne diseases in Guinea Conakry in 2014

to water for the most vulnerable generating activities (local units, in particular calcium people in South-East Asia. Antenna production of reagents, solar hypochlorite, NaDCC, stabilised was able to present examples of devices and training). To this end, sodium hypochlorite and bleach. the social enterprises it supports, engineers are regularly trained in WataTest works for all chlorine in order to encourage governments Geneva and then go work in the solutions. and NGOs to integrate these field. existing initiatives into their national • Solar run WATA-Plus and programmes. The conference In 2014, the R&D team conducted Midi-WATA prototypes tailored brought together the governments dozens of studies in Geneva, in for use in health centres were of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the field or in collaboration with completed: the solar models Mongolia. laboratories and universities, such developed by the Centre as the Schools of Engineering in Ecologique Albert Schweitzer RESEARCH & Bienne and Fribourg. Here are a (CEAS) in Burkina Faso ensure DEVELOPMENT few examples: this new equipment gets optimal yields. We are constantly adapting the • Study on the use of the WataTest WATA equipment to meet local to check the concentration of • New WATA timing system needs by tailoring it for new non-WATA produced chlorine developed and tailored for applications as well as making solution: since May 2014, many production in health centres, it easier to use. Disinfection, for emergency aid organisations making them easier to operate. example, requires much greater have asked for our reagents in quantities of chlorine than making order to check chlorine solutions HIGHLIGHTS water safe to drink. used in Ebola treatment centres. Our R&D team is refining our We therefore conducted a series Burkina Faso technology transfer protocols in of tests to evaluate the use 2014 saw the creation of the new order to make our partners as of the WataTest reagent with Baobab-Antenna organisation, autonomous as possible, and to products other than the sodium providing a local presence and give them access to revenue- hypochlorite produced by WATA monitoring operations, contacts 11 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

and projects, for both disinfection in healthcare settings and the promotion of Household Water Treatment (HWT).

As well as coordinating phase II of the Hospital Programme with CEAS Burkina, Antenna carried out four studies:

1. Audit of HWT training in Burkina Faso,

2. Audit of the national safe drinking water provision and sanitation programme, and impact on behaviour relating to the bacterial quality of the water chain in Burkina Faso,

3. Market research on setting up a social enterprise producing sodium hypochlorite,

4. Feasibility study on the production and marketing of the WataTest and WataBlue reagents. Woman working at Tinkisso-Antenna, Guinea Conakry

Antenna aims to promote HWT in and to see if such a model could be Faced with the Ebola epidemic, the medium term, with the goal used in DR Congo. Tinkisso-Antenna made all of its of getting it embedded in Burkina resources available to meet the Faso water policy, and to provide a MajiMaisha-Antenna, our local needs of the government and the holistic solution, from awareness- office, was set up in Goma and is emergency aid NGOs. Chlore C was raising in schools to the creation working on the “community cholera part of the hygiene kits distributed of a social enterprise producing response” with UNICEF and others by UNICEF and Tinkisso-Antenna hypochlorite flasks. active in the same area. It has been organised numerous multi-purpose decided to focus on the use of WATA campaigns featuring hand-washing Democratic Republic of Congo in health centres (technical advice, facilities for Ebola prevention and Following a study conducted in training, etc.). HWT promotion for waterborne 2013 with the NGO Solidarités disease prevention. International on WATA chlorine Guinea-Conakry production facilities in the The Tinkisso-Antenna social Pakistan - India - Nepal - African Great Lakes region, and enterprise had great success in Cambodia an audit of the organisations the sale of its sodium hypochlorite In 2014, we visited all Asian working in the region with regard flasks for water treatment. partners to record the successes to finding the best strategy for Sales of “Chlore C” are steadily and challenges in creating social effective community responses increasing with 3,390,637 flasks enterprises selling water and to cholera, Antenna was invited sold in 2014, meaning 1,984,871 chlorine. to a workshop in Bukavu in May. people had access to safe drinking This meeting involved defining the water for the whole year. The Factsheets on each of the economic next steps, the best approach to enterprise as a whole consolidated models were produced during the chlorine production and possible its organisational gains with a first phase of the Testing Business economic models that promote strategic review, a statement of Models in Asia program. These local autonomy. Our Guinean production procedures and a model provide an initial overview of partner, Aboubacar Camara, also for moving to a national scale creating enterprises focussing on attended to share his experience of written by Antenna. access to safe drinking water for 12 centralised production in Conakry the most disadvantaged, and also ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

feature good ideas for commercial WATA representatives sales and above all charitable Burkina Faso: Evariste Zongo, distribution. Baobab-Antenna Guinea-Conakry: Aboubacar NEXT STEPS Camara, Tinkisso-Antenna India: Siddhartha Bountra, 2015 will be a crucial year for the Development Alternatives/TARA WATA programmes. Some projects Mali: Sergio Gianni, Aidemet are ready to be replicated or Nepal: Prachet Shrestha, ECCA extended, in particular in Burkina Pakistan: Saad Khan, PakoSwiss Faso, India and Guinea-Conakry. DRC: Guillain Kulimushi, MajiMaisha-Antenna Talks have begun with governments in several regions to ensure Partners Household Water Treatment WATA users include: solutions are integrated into health Action contre la Faim policy. This is also the focus of Caritas, Switzerland the new phase of the Safe Water CICR, DRC – Rwanda Project financed by the Swiss Oxfam, GB/Intermon Agency for Development and Solidarités International, France Cooperation and brings together Terre des Hommes, Switzerland “In Grande Comore, the partners such as IRC (International WHO Bolivia village of Darisalama Water and Sanitation Center), World Vision FANSA (Freshwater Action Network only has access to South Asia) and Aqua for All. Project partners recovered rainwater from Institute of Aquatic Science and the slopes of the young Sustainable access to safe Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland * drinking water is also on the Heveltas, Switzerland volcano. The WATASOL political agenda for the post-2015 Hydrologic, Cambodia programme implemented development goals negotiations, KWAHO, Kenya giving a new dimension to the WATA Mains Unies, Haiti by 2Mains allows tailored solution and the possibilities for ECCA and Minergy, Nepal and cheap access to safe household water treatment via an Spring Health International, India drinking water and now entrepreneurial approach. Action contre la Faim, France Croix-Rouge, France everyone in the village Team MSF, Switzerland drinks chlorinated water, Fanny Boulloud, Safe water Association 2mains, Comoros programme coordinator (Asia) Islands fighting diseases such as Carole de Bazignan, Safe water typhoid.” programme manager Institutional partners Reyna Robles, Logistics and Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso Aliymani Bakari, Safe Water project commercial distribution manager, UNICEF, Guinea-Conakry, Mali, DR leader at Association 2Mains Safe water programme Congo *WATASOL is Antenna’s approach Research & Technical and training partners which combines health education, Development Team ChemTech Institute, College of technical training, and creation Pierre-Gilles Duvernay, Safe water Engineering and Architecture of of an economic model based on R&D manager and programme Fribourg the production and sale of sodium coordinator (Africa) Bioforce, Mali hypochlorite or stabilized chlorine Mami Daba Fam Thior, Safe water and/or chlorinated water. R&D assistant More information www.antenna.ch/en/research/safe- Niels Bourquin, Yannick Sauter, water Philippe Shiraishi, Michael Vogt, William Courbat, Alexandre Munoz, Nicolas Amacker, Benoit Plomb (EAIF). 13 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Meknes production plant

The ÉLÉPHANT VERT Group, WHERE WE WORK the organic fertiliser ORGANOVA created in 2012 by Antenna and two biofertilisers (FERTINOVA Technologies Foundation, offers Morocco, Mali and France. Plus and FERTINOVA Extra). The innovative and sustainable technical support service operated agricultural products and ÉLÉPHANT VERT plans to expand by CLINIQUE DES PLANTES was services in Africa and Europe. to the following countries: Senegal, created. In Africa, the Group produces Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and sells organic fertilisers, Madagascar and Kenya. Sales support tools (product biofertilisers, biostimulants and information sheets, leaflets, natural biopesticides. It also offers 2014 RESULTS brochures, marketing kits) were farmers technical, financial and produced in Morocco and in Mali industrial support services, as well In the commercial arena, and the first advertising campaigns as tailored industrial solutions for ÉLÉPHANT VERT has broadened (posters, radio) were launched in agribusinesses. its range of products. By the end of Morocco. 2014, the Morocco range included: In Europe, ÉLÉPHANT VERT offers the organic fertiliser ORGANOVA, ÉLÉPHANT VERT was awarded SMEs and SMIs that develop two biofertilisers (FERTINOVA Plus the Agriculture and Sustainable biofertilisers based on micro- and FERTINOVA Top) and three Development Award at the organisms financial solutions to biostimulants (MycoUp, MycoUp International Agriculture Show allow them to get their products Attack and Resid HC, developed in Morocco. In addition to the to market while remaining by a Spanish partner). In Mali, workshops and events the Group 14 independent. ÉLÉPHANT VERT’s offerings were regularly organised in 2014, they ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

100,000 TONNES Combined annual biofertiliser production capacity in Morocco and Mali 221 EMPLOYEES (Morocco, Mali and Europe) OVER 200 TESTS were conducted in 2014 (increase of 198% from the previous year.)

participated in a dozen Moroccan project began in 2014 and should be NEXT STEPS trade fairs as well as the Abidjan completed in 2015. Africa Agri Forum. The investment planned for the The ÉLÉPHANT VERT Europe teams financial years 2015-2017 will rise In Morocco in 2014, 120 agronomic started to put together a portfolio to more than 40 million Euros for effectiveness and development of SMEs and SMIs interested in the creation of a new production tests were carried out to test financial solutions. unit in Morocco (producing 12,500 ÉLÉPHANT VERT products on tonnes of bacterial preparations per different crop types and in different ÉLÉPHANT VERT now supports year), a mycorrhizae greenhouse conditions. In Mali, 83 tests were industrial clients such as Domaines and three biofertiliser production carried out. The number of tests Agricoles (support) and Cosumar platforms. went from 68 in 2013 to more than (production pilot) in Morocco, 203 in 2014, a rise of 198%. Sucala (waste recovery) in Mali, and the Compagnie Sucrière ÉLÉPHANT VERT made progress Sénégalaise (production pilot) in with its project of creating a Senegal. financial entity which will provide credit to farmers in West Africa RESEARCH & at preferential rates. ÉLÉPHANT DEVELOPMENT VERT is not itself a direct microfinance operator but is 2014 saw the creation of working in partnership to develop VALORHYZE, the subsidiary this service. This partnership with dedicated to the Group’s R&D the Confederation of Financial activities. The year was spent Institutions (CIF) involves 6 Micro- recruiting the team and structuring Finance Institutions (MFIs) in 5 the subsidiary, which is now countries: Senegal, Mali, Burkina working on six R&D projects. Faso, Togo and Benin. This Partnership agreements have also represents more than 3 million been signed with five research members, lenders and borrowers, institutes and universities to €500m in savings and €350m in collaborate on research. outstanding microcredits. This Potato harvest after using FERTINOVA 15 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

The 2016 production target for biofertilisers is 50,000 tonnes per year, and for 2021 the target is 200,000 tonnes per year. For biopesticides, the target is 120 tonnes per year in 2016 and 300 tonnes per year in 2021.

The commercial goal for 2016 is to export 75% of the Moroccan production of biostimulants and biopesticides to multiple African countries including Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Kenya. “Despite the lack of water last year, the plots where The Group also plans to work in these countries, either through FERTINOVA was used an active presence (for example, (alone or in combination) ÉLÉPHANT VERT Senegal is Interviews at Abidjan, Africa Agri Forum had a much better planned for the end of 2015) or through strategic partnerships (for yield than those where example, with KBL in Kenya). ONCA (National Agriculture Advice traditional methods were Office) In Europe, the Group’s aim is to Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture used (mineral fertiliser continue to develop its portfolio of Meknes and traditional compost). clients. INRA (National Institute for My takings have gone Agricultural Research) Team IAV (Hassan II Agricultural and up more than 52%. ÉLÉPHANT VERT SA : Veterinary Institute) My fruit is firmer and Lead: Sébastien Couasnet. 221 employees (as of 31 December Mali: higher grade. I had a big 2014) of which 130 are based in ARPASO (Agricultural Producers problem with artificial Morocco, 86 in Mali and 5 in Europe. and Rice Farmers Association in fertiliser which was Western San) Partners Confederation of Financial impoverishing my soil: Morocco: Institutions thanks to FERTINOVA, my ADA (Agriculture Development Agency) Kenya: soil is more fertile and it Agropole Olivier Real IPM is much easier to work AMABIO (Moroccan Association for Kenya Biologics with because it retains Organic Production) COSUMAR, branch of the Société Ivory Coast: moisture.” nationale d’investissement CNRA-CI, Ivory Coast’s National Lesieur Cristal Agronomic Research Centre Coulou Traoré, a farmer in Domaines Agricoles Tientimbougou (Kati region of Mali) Crédit Agricole, Morocco Belgium: who tested FERTINOVA. INRA (National Institute for Université Agrotech Gembloux Agricultural Research) MAScIR (Moroccan Foundation for Spain: Advanced Science, Innovation and SYMBORG Reseach) MEDZ, branch of CDG Development More information Group (Caisse de Dépôt et de www.antenna.ch/recherche/ Gestion) agriculture Pizzorno Environnement www.elephantvert.ch 16 ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

Maasai children studying in the light of an OOLUX solar kit. Kenya.

OOLUX is the lighting and small the device to turn off automatically period (in our test, 6 months) device recharging system recently after a given period of time. was received very positively. This developed by Antenna and our more complex business model is partners. It brings together high WHERE WE WORK also supported by the new OOLUX performance and innovative Mobile technology. Our results microfinancing technology. In 2014, Our aim for 2014 was to test the suggest that the system works we made significant progress. new application and to demonstrate reasonably well, as the majority This included the development user demand within an especially (60%) of payments were made on of a mobile application for local realistic distribution test. A batch time, and three quarters of those retailers to manage payments and of 500 OOLUX kits was produced which were late were paid within a major market and distribution for the test and was sent to two a week of becoming due. On the test in Africa. partners and fifteen agents located other hand, we have also seen that in Uganda and Kenya. results can vary greatly between More than 600 million people agents. Managing this variation in Africa do not have access to 2014 RESULTS better and reducing the risk for the electricity. Because lighting is relevant partner form part of the essential to domestic life and Our 2014 results clearly show that next stages for this project. economic activity once night falls, OOLUX meets a strong demand and people are generally forced to make has a market. This is confirmed by RESEARCH & do with inefficient, toxic solutions the large number of people who DEVELOPMENT that might seem cheap but are have purchased a unit. We have expensive in the long run. On the seen that one of the primary factors In 2014, our goal was to test the other hand, replacing these with motivating these customers is the system in market conditions with a modern lighting system means positive impact on their wallets. In a microfinance business model, in more time for work or social life comparison with usual spending order to make it more accessible and reduced pollution within the on lighting and recharging mobile to those with modest or irregular home. Although repayments must phones, between 2 and 3 USD each incomes. We have developed an be made, over the long term it is week for both, OOLUX pays for excellent product and our ultimate cheaper than using combustible itself in a little more than a year. goal is to find a business model fuel or single-use batteries. Predictably, the cost involved in that works on the ground. From Antenna and our partners have purchasing such an item is a major the point of view of technology, our developed OOLUX, a solar kit which hurdle. However, our approach for aim was to develop a microfinance stands out due to its excellent overcoming this seems helpful, as management tool which supports performance and the ability to set being able to pay over an extended this business model locally. 17 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

500 OOLUX KITS PRODUCED for a major distribution test in Africa. 600 MILLION PEOPLE in Africa do not have 2,500 access to electricity POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES in Kenya and Uganda

To this end a smartphone with Solafrica in Cameroon. The Many partners support us in application called OOLUX Mobile operations begun in Uganda and numerous and different ways. was developed, allowing rural in Kenya will be continued and For certain technical aspects, retailers to manage their clients’ built up during 2015. Due to the for example, we collaborated payments by instalments. expertise we have acquired and a with the Université Bernoise en turning point in the finalisation of Sciences Appliqués. The project NEXT STEPS the technology and the business also benefited from the support of model, it seems likely we will be the Swiss government through the Creating a functional microfinance able to scale up the programme work of young people completing distribution model is a real soon. their national service. In the field, challenge. The areas which need the distribution test took place to be improved to ensure greater PARTNERS thanks to our partners and their reliability have been brought to rural agent network (Agrinet light. One of the most important OOLUX is the product of a fruitful Uganda and Latia Resource conclusions of the 2014 project is collaboration between Antenna and Center). In 2015, the development the need for our partners to have numerous bodies in Switzerland and the testing of the new version increased oversight of the work of and abroad. In 2014, the project was of OOLUX Mobile will be carried the retailers. This insight shows financially supported by the Swiss out in collaboration with the Swiss the need for the development government through its Renewable organisation Solafrica. of a centrally controlled OOLUX Energy & Energy Efficiency Mobile (on a server) so that Promotion in International Team partners have better control. This Cooperation (REPIC) programme as Antenna Technologies and civil will be developed and tested in well as the Nexans Foundation. service contributors 2015 as part of our collaboration Christophe Hug, Project Manager, Adriana Ramos Verdes, Administration and logistics, “With OOLUX I don’t need to buy Max Carrel, on National Service, technical development and field kerosene any more - I was spending research 20 shillings* a day on it. I was also Abdurrahman Dhina, Engineer Sébastien Blanc, on National spending 20 shillings a week to charge Service my mobile phone.” Johnatan Moy De Vitry, Trainee

Elisabeth Wanjohi, Kenyan farmer More information *These sums amount to 1.6 Swiss Francs per week, or 83 Francs per year www.antenna.ch/recherche/ 18 (1.70 USD per week, or 89 USD per year) energie-lumiere and www.oolux.org ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

Gathering the required ingredients to make antidiabetic infusions in Palau

In 2014, Antenna Technologies’ RESEARCH & problem in relation to malaria is Medicine Team stared exploring DEVELOPMENT the increasing incidence of drug new intervention opportunities. In resistance to standard antiparasitic addition to our ongoing work on In Mali, the work on traditional medicines. Using local remedies malaria, severe malnutrition and malaria treatments proved that such as Argemone could slow down mental health, we have started a remedy made using Argemone the progress of such resistance, by researching what is becoming a Mexicana, a plant widespread allowing medicines to be exclusively public health crisis in an increasing in tropical countries, is very used for children under 5, people number of disadvantaged effective. The method known as with no immunity to malaria, and populations: chronic non- Retrospective Treatment Outcome for serious cases. Due to the war transmissible diseases such as (RTO) allowed us to tease out in Mali and changes within the diabetes and hypertension. the most effective formulation government and Ministry of health, as there were more than 100 in the research on Argemone has not WHERE WE WORK a single district! Our research been adopted into national policy was conducted across numerous yet. Asia-Pacific: Republic of Palau African countries in collaboration Africa: Mali, Morocco and Senegal with the Universities of Oxford (UK), Studies conducted in Mali and Makerere (Uganda), Western Cape Burkina Faso proved the efficacy 2014 RESULTS (South Africa), Gondar (Ethiopia) and practicality of sublingual sugar and others. for the treatment of hypoglycaemia Antenna carried out collaborative linked to malaria. The World Health scientific research to help local Argemone showed a 100% cure Organisation has now included populations get greater benefits rate for adults and children sublingual sugar treatment in from local treatments for malaria, over five who suffered from an the WHO pocket book “Guidelines hypertension, diabetes and uncomplicated episode of malaria. for the management of common malnutrition. Currently, the most significant childhood illnesses”. 19 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

A professor visiting from the New York Botanical Garden teaching students from Palau Community College how to collect plants for research

Mental Health: Crisis Dialogue, conducted in 2014 and the a “verbal tool” we developed to statistical analysis and writing-up improve the engagement with and of results will follow in early 2015. support for people undergoing A larger study is planned. The a psychotic episode, was well team in the field is made up of received by patients and mental teachers and practitioners at the health teams alike. The Emergency Saint-Louis Faculty of Medicine in Services and the Psychiatry Senegal and its attached hospital. “When I finish studying Department of the Belau National Part of the work is undertaken Hospital received training in by students, often as part of their medicine, I want to return Crisis Dialogue. It has also been PhD studies. home to my country translated into Arabic, with the goal of disseminating it in Arabic- • Using the local product Delel a and research plants so speaking areas soon. Kar as an add-on treatment for I can help people have diabetes in Palau, Micronesia confidence in their own HIGHLIGHTS when conventional treatment is not effective, which is a frequent treatments” • Treating hypertension with local occurrence. Agreements have products such as Hibiscus and been put in place between Lizette, Research Assistant Kinkeliba in Senegal. These the Pacific Academic Institute at Palau Community College traditional remedies (infusions/ of Research (PAIR) and the decoctions) are treated as food University of Geneva as well as products. The first randomised the Institute of Technology (ETH) trial comparing Hibiscus in Zurich to study the effect of the and Kinkeliba to a standard Delal a Kar remedy for diabetes. 20 hypertension treatment was ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

100% The potential beneficiaries OF THE 4,000 from the diabetes treatment CHILDREN in Palau represent over 5 who took Argemone 12% for malaria in Southern Mali recovered. OF THE ADULT POPULATION

A LOCAL REMEDY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE in West Africa is as effective and up to 3 days worth of pay less expensive than the imported modern treatment.

NEXT STEPS Malaria: The work conducted in Berset Foundation Mali will be replicated in other Grandjean Foundation Hypertension: The study started countries, assessing the value of in 2014 will be followed by a larger local remedies in slowing down International randomised trial to determine if the the appearance of parasite strains St-Louis Hospital, Senegal preliminary results are replicable that are resistant to standard Pacific Institute of Academic on a larger scale and over the treatments. Research, Republic of Palau longer term. This is an essential Ministry of Health, Republic of stage before the results can be Mental health: We will continue to Palau disseminated and the impact on disseminate and evaluate the use Belau National Hospital, Republic public health assessed. of Crisis Dialogue , particularly in of Palau places where people with serious Belau Medical Clinic, Koror, Diabetes: We will carry out an mental health problems are Republic of Palau initial comparative trial to measure especially disadvantaged. University of Oxford, UK the effect of the Delal a Kar remedy for diabetes in Palau. This will Team More information be the first clinical trial to take Shérine Abboud, Doctor, www.antenna.ch/en/research/ place in the archipelago and the Researcher and Lecturer medicine first research project launched Bertrand Graz, Doctor, Researcher by the Pacific Academic Institute and Lecturer of Research (PAIR). This Institute of Research has been created to Partners allow young researchers from the Switzerland Pacific to work both in and for their University of Geneva country, with a particular focus on (Pharmacognosy and studying and protecting natural phytochemistry) resources. Extracts from the Federal Institute of Technology Palauan plants used will be sent to (ETH), Zurich the two Swiss institutions so their School of Nursing, Lausanne biological effects can be studied. (HESAV) 21 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Beneficiaries discussing the problems faced by women running small businesses and solutions to success

Antenna Trust in Madurai, India WHERE WE WORK training for its NGO partners and owns an Eco Park, and launched staff to improve the quality of and runs the Antenna Micro Credit India service offered and better secure Network (AMCN), a women’s additional loans from local banks. microfinance network committed 2014 RESULTS to the reduction of poverty. The At present, 25,600 micro-credit Eco Park is used as a training site, The Antenna Micro Credit Network beneficiaries (MCBs) from 2050 Self for school visits, and has spirulina (AMCN) is active in 6 districts Help Groups (SHG) are involved in and fish farms as well as plant of Southern Tamilnadu around micro credit and micro enterprising nurseries. Madurai. Women in Self Help activities. The total fund being Groups (SHG) can apply for micro revolved in the Micro Credit AMCN works with 22 NGOs active credit loans between INR 7000 Program is INR 101,396,561 (USD in rural villages and urban slums and INR 10,000 (USD 113-161) if 1,635,428). To qualify for a loan, the to support poor women wage they earn wages, and between members of SHGs must be enrolled earners and micro entrepreneurs INR 15,000 and INR 25,000 in a group micro-insurance plan. through microfinance, micro- (USD 242-403) if they are micro insurance and training programs. entrepreneurs. Antenna Trust On average, 1160 Self-Help Since its inception in April 2006, offers borrowers various training Group leaders, members and 188,882 women through 13,492 options (financial, entrepreneurial, MCBs per month benefit from self-help groups have benefited trade, self-development, women training sessions focused on the from the offerings. Antenna specific, etc), micro-finance and micro-credit program and its Trust is an autonomously run micro-insurance solutions and implementation. For example, 103 satellite organization of Antenna makes loans available for the students from Madurai and Trichy Technologies Foundation in construction and renovation of Districts and 26 farmers from all 22 Switzerland. homes. AMCN also has specialized over India took part in ornamental ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

188,882 WOMEN through 13,492 self-help groups have benefited from the offerings of AMCN since 2006.

AMCN WORKS with 22 NGOs Students from St. Joseph school in Madurai attending a class on water management at the Eco Park. fish farm training. 170 women warming and what they can do for HIGHLIGHTS took Entrepreneurship Trade the betterment of the environment. Skill Training Programs offered in The suggestions include avoiding At present, 80% of the Micro-Credit garment making, candle making, plastics and polythene bags, saving Beneficiaries (MCBs) are engaged jute products, bag production, energy, growing a vegetable garden, in enterprising activities, and most and spirulina production. The practicing organic agriculture and have experienced a reasonable Indian Government’s Ministry of more. increase in income due to their Small and Marginal Enterprises (MSME) supports several of these programs. The participants received enterprise loans and have all started a business. “A well designed and executed Micro

The Eco Park boasts a fish farm, credit program is a development Spirulina production (run by intervention with great potential to Antenna Nutritech Foundation; see boost the economic empowerment Nutrition section), an arboretum and plant nursery as well as a of the “Have-nots”. Micro credit marketing center. Workshops are offered at lower rates of interest is also in the held on the premises for students to learn about climate change and interest of the “Haves”. For the growth of agriculture, environmental stewardship. allied activities and other non-farm ventures at the village level stimulates industrial growth and overall In 2014, the Eco Park welcomed 8475 students from 97 schools/ development.” colleges in 129 visits. The students toured the premises and were R. Devamanoharan, Managing Trustee, Antenna Trust,Madurai,India. taught about the importance of land, water, air, soil, vegetation, and different types of pollution, global 23 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

Students from St. Joseph school in Madurai attending a class on water management at the Eco Park.

venture. From this, the SHGs have We are also proud to note that the This year, 2050 SHGs benefitted been saving and accumulating program has created additional from our programs, and almost capital for their credit needs. employment opportunities when 8,500 students visited our Eco These saving funds, amounting to businesses expand, and that Park. We aspire to increase these roughly USD 1.25 million for the 25% of the micro loans spent on numbers while maintaining or reporting year, are independently agriculture were spent on organic improving our quality and offerings. handled by the SHGs, and NGO agriculture purposes. partners monitor the accounts Team and usage. In addition, our NGO NEXT STEPS Antenna India partners were able to raise USD R. Devamanoharan 1.75 million from local banks as Antenna Trust will be expanding the 15 full time staff at the central term loans (under the bank linkage training programs, as well as our Antenna Microcredit Network program monitored by NABARD) for financing abilities. To this end, a (AMCN) office the SHGs, despite the unfavorable Training Center and amphitheater, 120 full time credit officers with the banking climate. The SHGs are as well as offices are currently partner NGOs now raising more credit funds from under construction at the Eco Park. 4 full time staff at the Eco Park local sources than what they are We also plan to promote solar and borrowing from Antenna. wind power, solar lamps and other Antenna Technologies Foundation solar products. Yves Burrus The MCB’s of Antenna Micro Denis Von Der Weid Credit Program have also been On the financial side, we aim able to acquire tangible assets, to register and profitably run a Partners including shops, land, vehicles non-banking financial company 22 local NGOs in the AMCN (two wheelers), business buildings, (NBFC), through which we will jewelry, business tools and disburse additional business loans, More information equipment. as well as loans for housing and www.antennamicrofinance.org To date, 52 beneficiaries have the purchase of milk animals. We built their own houses through would like to raise an additional Antenna’s housing loan program, INR 15,000,000 (USD 241,935) as a over 100 families have renovated term loan from local banks for our their homes, and 60 families have micro credit program. 24 constructed a toilet. ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

ASSETS CHF LIABILITIES CHF Current assets Third party Cash and cash equivalents 690 358,64 Payables 514,01 Securities 255 817,40 Group Payables 69 137,05 Prepaid expenses 82 278,21 Donations for current projects 8 288 453,24 Total current assets 1 028 454,25 Accrued expenses and deferred income 141 770,41 Operating Assets Loans 92 383,07 WATA inventory 199 654,03 Provision on securities 10 217,40 Energy inventory 80 817,72 Provision for loans 785 623,85 Total inventory 280 471,75 Provision for Green Beam* investments 40 000,00 Fixed assets Funds with limited allocation 151 081,96 Loans (Tinkisso, CAR) 189 442,25 Total third party liabilities 9 579 180,99 Investment (Green Beam*) 40 000,00 Own liabilities Loans (Madurai) 596 181,60 Capital 25 000,00 Green Beam Loan 7 557 679,19 Profit and loss deferred 2 358 888,46 Office renovation funds 17 477,85 Net income 1 424 754,09 Office 3 678 116,65 Total liabilities 3 808 642,55 Total fixed assets 12 078 897,54

TOTAL ASSETS 13 387 823,54 TOTAL LIABILITIES 13 387 823,54

PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT FOR 2014

INCOME CHF EXPENSES CHF Donations and Foundation Operations 3 007 103,17 Programme expenses WATA products 206 183,12 R&D (spirulina, agriculture, medicine, water) 353 295,97 Safe drinking water programme 142 092,45 Nutrition programme 132 965,99 Energy programme 75 879,18 Safe drinking water programme 526 569,91 Other products 53 686,58 Energy programme 66 734,61 Other programmes (Antenna France) 103 905,13 TOTAL INCOME 3 484 944,50 Administrative expenses Staff costs 994 983,05 Office premises 13 096,00 Communication 58 195,56 Administration expenses 47 546,43 IT expenses 20 295,92 Fees 43 590,04 Travel expenses and representation 28 363,86 Project provisions 62 236,52 Variations of cash and cash equivalents for projects 8 889,43 TOTAL EXPENSES 2 460 668,42

FINANCIAL EXPENSES AND INCOME CHF Interest received -108,69 Yields on investments -12 448,50 Banking fees 1 597,10 Exchange rate difference 77 722,08 TOTAL FINANCIAL CHARGES AND INCOME 66 761,99

NON-RECURRING EXPENSES AND INCOME CHF Donation for purchase of building -1 397 240,00 Provision allocation for Green Beam* loan 930 000,00 TOTAL NON-RECURRING EXPENSES AND INCOME -467 240,00

NET INCOME FOR THE PERIOD 1 424 754,09 * Green Beam is the Holding of Antenna Technologies Foundation Note: The full financial statements are available upon request. Net income for the period includes the donation for office space acquisition. Antenna Technologies Foundation is exempt from tax at the cantonal and federal level. Antenna Technologies is supervised by the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA), Federal 25 Supervisory Board of Foundations. 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

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Shérine Abboud : Doctor, Antenna Trust and Antenna Researcher and lecturer Nutritech Foundation (Madurai, India) Spirulina and Bertrand Graz: Doctor, Researcher microcredit programmes and lecturer www.antennanutritech.org www.antennamicrofinance.org Urs Heierli: Economist, Director of msd consulting Kénose-Antenna (Bangui, Central African Republic) CIVIL SERVICE Spirulina projects

Nicolas Amacker Antenna Kenya Sébastien Blanc (Mombassa, Kenya) WHO WE ARE Niels Bourquin Max Carrel Antenna Technologies Antsirabé THE TEAM William Courbat (Madagascar) Spirulina projects Alexandre Muñoz Denis von der Weid: Director and Benoit Plomb Formations Sans Frontières- Founder of Antenna Technologies Yannick Sauter Antenna Philippe Shiraishi (Bamako, Mali) Spirulina and safe Carole de Bazignan: Safe water Michael Vogt water projects programme manager INTERNS Tinkisso-Antenna Fanny Boulloud: Safe water (Conakry, Guinea) Safe water programme coordinator (Asia) Johnatan Moy De Vitry projects

Pierre-Gilles Duvernay: Safe water FOUNDATION BOARD Maji-Maisha-Antenna R&D manager and programme (Goma, DRC) Safe water projects coordinator (Africa) Yves Burrus: President Diane Labruyère-Cuilleret: Baobab Antenna Laura Fähndrich : Communications Member (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) Safe manager Hélène Sanlaville: Secretary water projects Claude Regamey: Member Mami Daba Fam Thior : Safe water Peter Stocker: Treasurer DONORS R&D assistant Laure Thevenin Metzger : Member Denis von der Weid: Director We would like to thank the Belinda Fleischmann : Institutional many Swiss private donors and Relations ANTENNA NETWORK foundations that have funded our activities in 2014, as well as Selina Haeny: Coordinator of Antenna Technologies Foundation the following public and private Spirulina projects in India (Geneva, Switzerland) institutions: www.antenna.ch Christophe Hug: Energy • Private donors programme manager Antenna Technologies France • Swiss Agency for Development (Paris, France) Spirulina and Cooperation Dulce Probst: Accountant programmes (Africa and Asia) • Canton Geneva, Switzerland www.antenna-france.org • Nexans Foundation, France Adriana Ramos Verdes: • Municipality of Satigny, Administrative & logistics ÉLÉPHANT VERT SA Switzerland coordinator, Energy programme (Rabat, Morocco et Bamako, Mali) • Municipality of Choulex, Agriculture programme Switzerland Reyna Robles: Logistics and www.elephantvert.ch • Programme for the promotion commercial distribution manager, of renewable energy in Safe water programme Antenna Netherlands Foundation international cooperation (Nijmegen, Netherlands) (REPIC) Abel Silva: Finance and Communication administration manager www.antenna.nl 27 PUBLISHED BY Antenna Technologies Foundation Avenue de la Grenade 24 1207 Geneva - Switzerland T: +41 22 737 12 40 www.antenna.ch

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