More recently, since the year 2000, a French /Burkinabé NGO La Voûte Nubienne, by simplifying and codifying the VN (Voûte Nubienne) technique, has promoted the construction of over 1600 vaulted buildings in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal (mainly village homes, but also a Catholic church, several mosques, schools, literacy centres, and a dispensary). These environmentally sound, comfortable, and aesthetic buildings require neither imported sheet metal for the roofing, nor expensive and increasingly rare timber beams.
Since 2000, the French /Burkinabé NGO La Voûte Nubienne has been instrumental in constructing over 1600 vaulted buildings across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. These structures, primarily village homes but also including a church, mosques, schools, literacy centers, and a dispensary, are environmentally sound, comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing, requiring no imported sheet metal for roofing or expensive timber beams.