{"id":4698,"date":"2026-01-22T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T12:10:08","slug":"a-water-well-in-memory-of-armando-grandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/a-water-well-in-memory-of-armando-grandi\/","title":{"rendered":"A Water Well in Memory of Armando Grandi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sansan Pal\u00e9, a young man from Burkina Faso who had a very close bond with Armando Grandi, whom he considered a father because of the support, help, and love he received during his childhood and also in his adult life, promoted the construction of a water well in Gogo, a village in northeastern C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, near the border with Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/in-memoria-a-Armando.jpeg\" alt=\"Armando Grandi\" class=\"wp-image-4663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/in-memoria-a-Armando.jpeg 926w, https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/in-memoria-a-Armando-291x300.jpeg 291w, https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/in-memoria-a-Armando-768x791.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Armando Grandi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This initiative was carried out on what would have been Armando\u2019s 99th birthday, on January 15, 2026, in tribute to his memory and his philanthropic commitment. A gesture full of love, trust, and solidarity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Water is life. Thanks to this well, at least 500 people, children and adults, from this small village near the town of Doropo now have access to drinking water, significantly improving their health and quality of life. It is also a relief for the women, who previously had to walk more than 5 km to fetch water, carrying 20-litre containers on their heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"L\u00b4eau c\u00b4est la vie!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OpPILhR5vXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><strong>A commitment that continues: education and the future<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sansan Pal\u00e9 also chairs the Renato Sourires d\u2019Enfants Burkina Association (ARSEB), thanks to which it has been possible to build a school complex in Burkina Faso that includes a primary school, a middle school, and a high school. This school complex provides education to 650 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><strong>Towards 100 years: a solidarity fundraising campaign<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space: normal;\">Next year, Armando would have turned 100. On this very special date\u2014and remembering the vital importance that the engineer Armando Grandi always placed on access to water\u2014we believe it would be a wonderful gesture to promote a fundraising campaign dedicated to financing new drinking-water wells.<\/p><p class=\"p2\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"><\/p><p class=\"p3\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"><b>100 years of kindness and altruism, 100,000 francs to give water to more than 100,000 people!<\/b><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><\/p><h2 style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;\"><b>How to contribute<\/b><\/h2><p style=\"white-space: normal;\"><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to take part in this solidarity initiative in memory of Armando, you can make a bank transfer and indicate in the payment reference:&nbsp;<strong>\u201c100 years of kindness and altruism\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For further information, you can contact us by <a href=\"info@fondazionerenatograndi.ch\">email <\/a> or via the contact <a href=\"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/contact\/\">form.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sansan Pal\u00e9, a young man from Burkina Faso who had a very close bond with Armando Grandi, whom he considered a father because of the support, help, and love he received during his childhood and also in his adult life, promoted the construction of a water well in Gogo, a village in northeastern C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4698"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4761,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions\/4761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondazionerag.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}