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Burkina Faso Association TON Association Ton in Niangoloko, Burkina Faso just near the border of Cote D’Ivoire , is a large co-operative of 2800 members all living in the villages of the area. TON runs literacy campaigns for its members and promotes reafforestation and good agricultural practice amongst farmer members. For six months of the year, TON is also busy with mango drying. Each week a different village supplies fresh organic mangoes to TON’s central drying station which is operated by a team of 100 women from the villages. The recent war and continuing unrest in neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire has stifled traffic through Niangoloko meaning that all the restaurants and shops have lost their customary trade from passing lorries and cars. To add to this squeeze on resources, many refugees from Cote d’Ivoire have travelled into the area, looking for help from relatives living on the Burkinabe side of the border. In this difficult context, Ton's mango business provides essential income for its members.
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