Despite your best laid plans, you might be just about starting to panic. I know I am! Do you need just one or two more gifts to finish off your shopping, but fear heading to the stores now just might kill you? I hear you. And I have a solution. How about gifting one or more textbooks for our students in Mali? A textbook costs just $10, and you can donate them in any number. $30 gift? Three books. $50 gift? Five books. You get the idea.
Our Girls Imagine Their Futures...With & Without School
During our twice-monthly Girls Groups meetings, we work with our girls to develop skills they need to thrive in school and in life. A common theme is the power of education to help girls achieve their dreams. In November, I lead the girls in an reflection exercise, focused on making girls aware of the disadvantages of not going to school, and the benefits of their education. Explore how one young woman — Halimatou — imagined her possible futures.
Homes & Schools for Nomadic Families
Mali is a country of old civilizations and old cultures like many other countries! It is a country that is larger than many African countries with many different communities that speak more than 40 native languages. In northern Mali, nomadic herding is a typical way of life that gives rise to both mobile homes and mobile schools.
Understanding Our Teachers' Strengths & Weaknesses
Here at Mali Rising we really believe that good teachers make a good school. That’s why we have a special Teachers Project devoted directly to providing the support and training our teachers need to deliver great education in the classroom. As part of this work, we host an annual 5-day training for about 40 of our teachers. We’ve just finished the pre-training evaluation of our teachers, and are now getting ready for the 2019 training!
Resolve to Be Involved!
Are you making a New Year's resolution to volunteer more? We can help! You can truly make a difference in our work, no matter what your skills. Just as importantly, we think you'll take away as much as you bring -- being part of helping young people building better lives for themselves is just plain inspiring. To make it easier for you to get involved, we have launched a new web clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities…
Tenimba Finds Her Power as a Girl Leader
As you may remember, our Girls Project entered a new phase this year. We have taken on 5 additional villages with the project, and we are transitioning the 3 original pilot villages into more and more local leadership. As part of that local leadership, this year we trained six Girl Leaders to take on leading the Project in their home villages. Meet one of those Girl Leaders — Tenimba — here.
Teaching Helps Kids...& Teachers
I am Mr. Doumbia, a biology teacher serving all three grades in Nieguekoro — 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. I am 32 years old and I have been teaching in this village for more than 4 years. I love my teaching job because it makes me contribute to the development of my country by sharing my knowledge with students….
Half Way There: Let's Get 300 Textbooks to Mali's Students!
Wow! Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Back to School Textbook Drive so far. Because of you, we are nearly half way to our goal of providing 300 textbooks to students in Mali. If you haven’t got involved yet, please join us in the cheapest feel-good activity you can find — just a $10 donation provides a much-needed textbook.
Teacher Peer Meetings Help Teachers Help Each Other
The school year in Mali is now in full swing, so the work of our Mali staff is also geared up! This is particularly true for our Teacher Project Coordinator, Adama, who is hard at work helping our teachers. Last week, he hosted his first ever Teacher Peer Meeting, designed to help our teachers help each other.
Girls Project Grows & Thrives
As announced this summer, our successful Girls Project is growing! After three years of piloting the Project in three villages, as school opened this fall we launched the Project in five new villages. This expansion has allowed us to nearly DOUBLE the young women benefiting from our intensive work. With all 8 villages, this year we will work with 362 young women to help them get in school, stay in school, and thrive.
