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Conflict Management through Community Radio - 2006
Mali is threatened by regional and tribal conflict, religious extremist groups with possible t ...more

2) 

Imams Advocate for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Family Planning - 2006
Religious leaders in Mali have a significant influence on decision making about contraceptive us ...more

3) 

From Closed Doors to Open Arms - 2005
Everyone working on decentralization in Mali has had the experience of receiving a less-than-enthusi ...more

4) 

Women Delighted by New Information Source - 2005
USAID's Women in Governance (WING) pilot program distributed more than 500 Freeplay radios to women' ...more

5) 

Just Say "No" to Corruption: Malians Participate in Local Governance - 2005
In Ber, north of Timbuktu, the incoming mayor discovered that the treasury was nearly empty and that ...more

6) 

Geekcorps Transforms Plastic Water Bottles and Cell Phone Chargers into Wireless Antennas - 2005
Geekcorps Mali launched a project in mid-September of 2004 to investigate the technical and business ...more

7) 

Business Training for Women Creates Opportunities for Small Enterprises - 2005
Training in core business skills for women in Mopti are making a big difference for small enterprise ...more

8) 

USAID Restores Hope to the People of Kolodougou - 2005
USAID/Mali funded an irrigation canal near the town of Niono in Mali costing $1.9 million. In Novemb ...more

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Subsidizing ITNs Increases Use of Ante-natal Care and Immunization Services - 2005
A program in Mali to distribute insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to vulnerable populations appears t ...more

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Religious Leaders Promote Birth Spacing and Family Planning - 2005
Since the population of Mali is more than 95 percent Muslim, Muslim religious leaders play an import ...more

11) 

Community Participation Key to Improving Schools - 2005
Thirteen-year-old Kadiatou Coulibaly dropped out of elementary school last year. She is a Malian gir ...more

12) 

Community Centers Bridge Digital Divide in Rural Mali - 2005
Until recently, access to information in rural Mali was notoriously difficult. Few libraries exist, ...more

13) 

SchoolNet Rebuilds Used Computers in Mali - 2005
In partnership with iEARN and Geekcorps, SchoolNet has provided 200 computers to 11 schools, giving ...more

14) 

Influential Imam Uses Internet to Promote Views - 2005
Djenné, Mali, is known internationally for its UNESCO World Heritage mud-brick mosque, its ar ...more

15) 

Fighting Corruption in Mali's Education System - 2004
Money has been known to buy almost everything in Mali’s education system: good grades, exam qu ...more

16) 

Community Schools Reach Remote Areas in Mali - 2004
Aissata Garba walks with a crutch to support her paralyzed right leg. She had long dreamed of going ...more

17) 

From Desert to Green Pastures - 2004
Just under 22 hectares of green stretch alongside the Niger River near the villages of Dongome and ...more

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Radio Station Saves Lives in Rural Mali - 2004
Five hundred kilometers from Bamako in the heart of the Niger Central Delta, the village of Diafara ...more

19) 

Clean Drinking Water Is A Lifesaver In Mali - 2004
Konodimini had serious potable water problems. For years, five small pumps served a village of 3,500 ...more

20) 

Call for Condoms from an Unusual Source - 2003
Mali's population is more than 80 percent Muslim, and the current AIDS prevalence rate is of 1.7 p ...more

21) 

Learning to Read Changed Her Life...And the Lives of Her Children - 2003
Yaya Coulibaly is a 22-year-old mother of two children. She lives in the remote village of Sidabou ...more

22) 

More Income for a Women's Group - 2003
Djenne village is located in the central delta in Mali, about 450 km from Bamako. It is known to b ...more

23) 

From Grandmother to Electoral Candidate - 2003
Ba-Aminata, grandmother of seven, lives in Falan, a small agricultural village in the western part ...more

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Knowledge is Worth Working For - 2003
The vast majority of the population in Mali does not have access to either a television set or the ...more

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The Remarkable People of Toya: The Case of the Community School - 2003
Toya is a village of 2,000 people, about 25 km south of the city of Timbuktu. Most people in Toy ...more