Achta Djibrine Sy

"Since I was a child, I have always had a dream: that one day I shall build a big house where all unfortunate people can live and enjoy life."

"At the entrance to the Ministry office, following local traditional etiquette, they took off their shoes before entering the office. Today, they are more self-confident and they know how to negotiate with the mayor and with development partners. They travel abroad and exchange their views with others."

"I have to capitalize information, think about women’s situation and help them in different ways. I wanted Chadian women to be self-dependent and self-confident. My dream was to boast their capabilities in order to achieve their responsibilities and act for peace in the country."

"The National Assembly and the government should pass a law creating a Support Fund for Artistic Creation. Everyone recognizes that there are enormous needs. Unfortunately, there are no resources. And as you know, we have spent ten months receiving a barrage of requests for projects that we are unable to develop because we do not have a penny to provide a little support to these different artists who contact us."

"Understand our pain at being humiliated. To see our country humiliated. Because it is incapable of producing a monitoring report. You don't produce a monitoring report in an office."

"You see how laborious it is to deploy an institutional mission when there are no resources at your disposal. What can you do?"