Be touched by the Malian life, spend time and connect with some of Africa’s most wonderful people, develop your leadership skills as you help locals implement self resourced small-scale projects. This Mali Goodwill Trip is for anyone who wants to make a real difference in the world, and is willing to take on the challenge to explore and experience the depths of Malian life. 

New exciting Mali Initiative projects currently underway include:

Niamana Market Garden Project
To support the aspirations of the women of Niamana Bankuma Village to create a market garden to provide their children with nourishing food. This project includes repairing the existing water pump, building a fence around the market garden area to stop cows eating the crops, and providing seeds and garden beds for planting nourishing vegetables.  Extra crops will be sold to provide additional income.

Thanks to the commitment of our partners and our willingness to make a change in our country that the market garden is complete and the first crops have just been harvested!

The community also have access to a new water pump for healthy drinking water and to water their new market garden.

Classroom Construction in Konosso Village
To support the aspirations of the Konosso villagers to provide education for all their children. This project has added two new classrooms and a toilet block to the existing classrooms of Konosso Village school.

A reception ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of the classrooms and toilet block. The Mayor expressed his joy to have MI/RDIC in his commune as a partner who is committed for the development of education.

The population are very happy to have two additional classrooms which will allow them to send their children to school. The new toilets will prevent  contagious sicknesses caused by using the bush as toilets.

No one knows the exact number of children in the village, but there are approximately 900 children. Currently only 150 go to the school.

Teacher training (funded by Sterntaler) will complement this project by increasing the quality of teaching within the school.

Radio Program for Niamana Commune
To support the aspiration of Karim Traore to inform and educate the people of Niamana Commune, through a fortnightly radio program recorded at the Yangosso or Jeli radio stations. It will be aired throughout the Niamana Community.  Most households in the Niamana Community have battery powered radios. This project is planned to start August 2011, stay tuned for updates.