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All ten questions and their answers, for direct reading.

1. 🌍 In which country is the town of Rosso?

   • 🇸🇳 Senegal
   • 🇲🇷 Mauritania — Correct
   • 🇲🇱 Mali
   • 🇲🇦 Morocco

   Rosso is a town in Mauritania, on the right bank of the Senegal River. A town of the same name sits on the opposite bank, in Senegal.

2. 🗺️ Rosso is the capital of which region?

   • Trarza — Correct
   • Brakna
   • Assaba
   • Gorgol

   Rosso is the capital of the Trarza, a region in south-western Mauritania.

3. 🌊 Which river runs alongside Rosso?

   • The Niger
   • The Gambia
   • The Senegal River — Correct
   • The White Nile

   The Senegal River forms the border between Mauritania and Senegal. Rosso stretches along its right bank.

4. 📏 Roughly how far is Rosso from Nouakchott?

   • 50 km
   • 200 km — Correct
   • 600 km
   • 1,200 km

   About 200 km separate Rosso from Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital.

5. 🔤 What does the acronym ARD stand for?

   • Agence Rossossoise de Développement
   • Association des Rossossois de la Diaspora — Correct
   • Alliance Rosso-Diaspora
   • Association pour la Réussite et le Développement

   The ARD brings together people from Rosso living in France and elsewhere, working for their home town.

6. 🎯 Which field did the ARD make its priority from the outset?

   • ⚽ Sport
   • 🧳 Tourism
   • 🏫 Education — Correct
   • 🧵 Crafts

   School is the association's priority: renovating buildings, supplying equipment, and encouraging attendance, girls' attendance in particular.

7. 🤝 Which partner is funding the Tekeuch school refurbishment launched in 2026?

   • UNESCO
   • The World Bank
   • UNICEF
   • La Guilde — Correct

   La Guilde awarded €10,000 in 2026 to renovate the classrooms and build a sanitation block and a perimeter wall.

8. 🍲 Besides meals, what does the Ndiourbel school canteen include?

   • 📚 A library
   • 🌱 A vegetable garden and a henhouse — Correct
   • 🥅 A sports ground
   • 💻 A computer room

   The garden and henhouse provide fresh vegetables and eggs, and double as teaching tools. Funding: €15,000 from FORIM, with the AFD.

9. 📅 In which year was the Mairie school in Rosso founded?

   • 1937
   • 1957 — Correct
   • 1977
   • 1997

   Founded in 1957, it had never been renovated before the ARD stepped in. The works were completed and checked on site on 4 June 2026.

10. 🧑‍🎓 How many pupils does the Mairie B school in Rosso have?

    • 87
    • 145
    • 223 — Correct
    • 410

    223 pupils — 128 girls and 95 boys — across 7 classrooms brought back into use.