By Merritt Frey, Executive Director

Want to help our students? Why, thank you! We have a fun, easy way you can volunteer to help our kids by sending them encouragement during this tough year. On April 8, you can come learn how to do it at our online April Volunteer Evening.

At this online event, we will get you started with our Notes of Encouragement Volunteer Campaign. Notes are just short messages to encourage our students as they work hard in school. Your note will 1) let our students know someone is rooting for them, which is wonderful because our kids face a lot of barriers to education that make life tough, 2) will be exciting to receive for a young person in a small, remote village, and 3) provide a fun way to practice their English skills — one of 8 subjects Mali middle schoolers have to master.

The Notes of Encouragement Campaign is a great volunteer option if you are just volunteering alone or for groups such as school classes, youth groups, church groups, or community service organizations. The volunteer need is on-going, so you can volunteer for an hour or for 10 hours…it is totally up to you. This is a really fun project if you like to draw, but it is not required. The campaign is perfect for any age as long as you can write and have readable handwriting. We have found at ages 10 and up do great with the project.

Our goal with the Notes of Encouragement Campaign this year is to get every single one of our students a note of support before the big year-end exams….help us make that happen!

RSVP for this Volunteer Evening today! (Previous Evenings have filled up quickly…so don’t delay!)