I’ve been meaning for a while now to post an update on a wonderfully fun campaign driven by one of our best supporters, Tim. Tim had a vision — he wanted to see a world map in every one of our schools. He turned that vision into Maps for Mali.
U.S. High School Students Needed!
We’re looking for a few outstanding high school students who want to be part of changing the world for the better…while having some fun. We are currently accepting applications for school year 19/20 Youth Ambassadors — deadline August 31, 2019.
Inspiration Scholar Kadia Tackles Nursing School
Meet Kadia, one of five young women who received Strong Woman Scholarships through the Inspiration Scholars Project. Kadia is a 17-year-old graduate of Mali Rising’s Tim Gibson Middle School in the little village of Sebela in southern Mali. Kadia stood out at school from the beginning, and has continued to be a great student in nursing school. Learn more about how Kadia is doing…
Remembering A Sister; Changing Young Women's Lives
When we lose someone we love, we often want to find a way to help their memory live on. There are many ways to keep that memory alive. I wanted to share one way a Mali Rising supporter, who is also my mom, decided to keep her sister’s memory alive. Both my mom and my aunt have been supporters of Mali Rising’s Girl Project, but I think we’ve all been surprised at just how much my mom’s idea for making sure my aunt’s belief in the power of young women lived on has mattered to us since we lost Aunt Chris.
The Final Numbers (& Winners!) Are In For Miles for Mali
Souleymane Dembélé: A happy or lucky teacher? Let’s find it out!
Mali's "Attics" -- Not Like Your Grandmother's Attic!
"Yogoro and Salawalé": Practices that bring cheerfulness to Malian society during the month of Ramadan.
Our Girls Project Coordinator would like to share with you a traditional practice that is happening in Mali during the month of Ramadan. This practice is intended to claim donations (grains and money), but with humor The "Yogoro" for boys and the "Salawalé-walé" for girls is a very old practice whose origin is lost in the dawn of time. This would be as old as our society. Every year in Mali, from the 10th to the 20th night of the month of Ramadan, we witness the influx of children into the streets of cities to indulge in this practice of their fathers, mothers and grandfathers, grandmother, when they were their age. Thus, the tradition was immortalized as generations followed each other.
Did You Know You Can Sponsor A Latrine?
What did you do last weekend? Tim raised $1,000 for Mali!
This weekend, something very fun happened. With the vision and help of one our volunteers — Tim Gibson — we raised enough funds to place two large wall maps in each of our schools. In the 48 hours between Friday and Sunday evenings, we raised $1,000 for Maps for Mali!
