| |
| 10 for 2010 Campaign Fund to Build Schools in Mali |
|
| Project Director |
| Scott Lacy, Linda Peshina |
|
Project Number |
Total Cost (US$) |
Location |
ED01-09 |
$14,677.45 |
Multi-sited throughout Mali |
|
Project Description
Limited access to elementary school education is one of the many faces of endemic poverty. In Mali, a
sixth grade education is the highest level of formal education for many rural students. Education beyond
the sixth grade typically requires students to move away from their family. Building elementary and
middle schools in rural Mali will increase access to educational opportunities for the children of hard
working farm families.
African Sky is building a total of 10 rural schools in Mali starting in late for 2010. With sites selected in
Mali's Bougouni region, Segu region, and Mopti region, school construction (Phase I) is beginning in the
next fiscal year. Because we already built our first school, we have designs, contractors and experience.
This experience enables us to build nine additional schools for approximately $14,000 each (construction,
furnishing, and supplies for students and teachers). Because we are contracting and furnishing in "bulk"
we have further maximized our modest construction budgets.
Until preliminary construction begins, African Sky and its US School Partners are raising funds for this, our
highest priority project. One of our newest partners is Maritime Youth Standing Together, a group of
global-minded teens from Nova Scotia led by fellow teen Rita-Clare LeBlanc. In 2009 African Sky
purchased Certificates of Deposits to "preserve" project funds while we raise the remaining funds for the
10 for 2010 construction budget. We purchased a $5,000 CD (#00449301) and added $1,000 to a
second CD, which we renewed (CD#0044200327). The CDs are held at North Akron Savings in Munroe
Falls, Ohio. Through our friends at Keeth Elementary School in Winter Springs, FL we also placed
$8,677.45 into our savings. Keeth Elementary and the Winter Springs School District is currently working
toward raising funds to sponsor their second school through the 10 for 2010 campaign. We are well on
our way to raising the funds we need to build our schools in Mali, but we still have approximately 40%
of the project unfunded. Nonetheless, the African Sky family is organizing a host of events and fund
raisers from Nova Scotia to Ohio, Georgia, and Florida; we are in a terrific position to raise most of the
funds we need in the next fiscal year.
 |
 |
| |
|
|
|
