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Empowering Change, Celebrating Hope!
Dear <<First Name>>,
With one the poorest, most illiterate economies, Mali has already been served the grittiest of challenges. With challenges in many domains ranging from health to education, daily living seems impossible. So how do Malians manage?
4 years on the ground in Mali has allowed me to truly see and understand the many challenges Malians face each day, especially in the remote rural villages. I have big respect for the people of Mali. They make the best of what they have. And they possess a desire to improve their circumstances. This is evident when we see villagers traveling for days from remote areas coming to request a school or presenting a project in clean water. They come with the knowledge and willingness to participate financially. During the project, there are many hands involved from every community group in the village. And when the project is completed, each and every person celebrates knowing that their lives and the lives of their children will be just a little better for it.
Some great work to empower our communities is happening in Mali!
An exciting development is a generous tractor and 3-classroom middle school donation by the Watkins Family of Alpine, Utah. We are grateful for their long-term investment in our communities. Their tractor donation will be used as part of our food security program in the region of Ouelessebougou and to build the Micah Shea Watkins Academy in the village of Dongorona. We hope to have this middle school ready for the children when school starts in October.
We are also grateful for the kind donation of a potable water treatment system through Utah based Alpine Technical Services and AllChem. The system which will be installed in Dongorona will provide 1300+ households with clean water and ultimately a healthier life.
These past few months we have also been focused on finishing up the three classroom middle school, computer room and teachers housing for the remote village of Falla. We are now at roof level and in the next couple of months we will be putting on the roof and painting.
So many exciting things are happening !! We here at Empower Mali are honored to be allowed to participate in projects that will impact the future of our people in the rural villages of Mali. We are grateful to all our donors and supporters for entrusting us with your hard earned dollars and helping us on this mission to move Mali forward. Our work would be impossible without you!
Warmest Regards,
Marissa Coutinho
Board of Directors, Empower Mali
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Empower Mali is a nonprofit foundation, established to work directly with citizens and local leaders in rural Mali to improve access to education, healthcare and basic amenities. Empower Mali believes that the citizens and communities of Mali have the right to become self-reliant. We work to form a close partnership with the citizens of Mali and Malian government officials believing no one best knows the needs than the community we serve. We also focus on training leaders in these communities so the effect of our projects become long term and self-sustainable.
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WATKINS FAMILY donates a middle school and tractor!
Thank you to Utah Mayor Watkins and his Family! The generosity of the Watkins family will allow Empower Mali to build a fully equipped 3-classroom middle school in the village of Dongorona. Each day middle school aged children will traverse the dangerous main road to attend school in the neighboring village. Funds donated will also purchase a new tractor as part of the food security program with the City of Ouelessebougou. We are grateful for the Watkins family for investing in the community of Ouelessebougou!!.
>> Read more about this impactful donation here
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Alpine Technical Services and AllChem Donate Potable Clean Water System!
More than 15,000 children die each year from dysentery and diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation. The donated system, which will be installed in the village of Dongorona, consists of a Horizon® PTF-100 Chlorine Feeder along with 2 pails of Horizon® 90-PT Trichlor tablets for chlorination of drinking and potable water.
>> Read more about this water system donation
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JOIN OUR FIGHT FOR A PROSPEROUS MALI
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