By Merritt Frey, Executive Director

There are a lot of satisfying parts of this job, but few as pleasing as seeing a whole new school rise from the red soil of a small Mali village. Each year, Mali Rising builds just one or two schools (because we want to be sure we are also providing the support ALL of our schools need to deliver a quality education) and each one is as much of a joy to us as it is to the local village.

To share the joy, I wanted to share this short video from our Construction Manager, Alou. In February, we started the long-awaited construction for the village of N’Goko. It was delayed for a year by the COVID-19 pandemic, but now it is rising fast!

Check out the video to see what a Mali Rising school looks like during its first few weeks of life. You can just start to imagine what those “rooms” will be like when they are full of kids learning and laughing! Thanks to all the great donors who are making this happen!