Burkina Faso
My subject for Burkina Faso is Timbi Akakpo Yameogo Wend-yam Severin a professional comedian who prefers to go by his stage name, LAJAGUAR. LAJAGUAR has been raising funds and organising young people to clean up their neighbourhoods
About Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest.
The primary environmental concerns in Burkina Faso are recurrent drought and the advance of the desert from the north. This trend toward desertification has been increased by overgrazing of pasture, slash-and-burn agriculture, and overcutting of wood for fuel.
About LAJAGUAR
LAJAGUAR is the founder of an association of young volunteers called Les Vagabonds de l'Assainissement whose mission is to clean public spaces. He raises funds through his shows to fund rallies where groups of young people gather to clean and tidy targeted areas
LAJAGUAR founded Les Vagabonds del'Assaissenement with his own funds. In 2017, while giving his first show at the University of Koudougou, he decided to allocate part of his fee to the purchase of sanitation equipment for the benefit of the university. This gesture then became a recurrent process and at each show, an amount is deducted to finance the project
He has made over 120 donations of money raised through his work worth 14 million Central African Francs, which have paid for 2800 garbage cans and 807 washbasins which are then offered free of charge to health centers, media outlets, public institutions. There are now 669 associated volunteer members in Burkina Faso and outside the country.
Watch the portrait's story below
This video shows the painting process, and tells some of LAJAGUAR's story.
