Background: Seydou is born in 1972 in Burkina Faso, but lives almost all his life in Mali, now for more than 20 years in Mopti, quartier Toguel.
He is married and divorced and married for the 3th time, and has 2 sons and 4 daughters (oldest 8 years, youngest born this year).
Religion is Moslim. Tribe is Mossi.
Seydou speaks Bambara, Peul, Songhoi, Mossi and French.
He went to Arabic school in Koro. He can not read and write.
Seydou has a lot of work experience in building houses. In the beginning he worked for a master, after that he worked for himself for 3 years now. He is taking orders like building a house, the magasin and the watertower at Here Bugu. He is used to work with different parts of building, cement, blocks, wood, etc.
He did many small jobs. Baba informed him about this windmill course. This work in the windmill course he never did before. But he is very interested by it. He is the first one who build a wind turbine also at his home all by himself. He likes to go on with the work, he is ready to give everything and leave other things for it.
Seydou has besides the work itself special interest in wind turbines and has also ideas about it. He was asking Piet if he can use a car alternator for it. He likes to get more experience in it. Very good in all the work; very fast in cutting the blades with his own special axe. He like the way of the course and the contact there is in the group.
Seydou doesn’t like trouble. For him it is also important in life that when he makes a mistake he is being told about it, because there is getting trouble if people don’t tell.
Personal development plan: Electricity department. He is very good in drilling.