Teachers housing in Fanterila
The Building Youth Around the World Academy of Fanterila now has a teachers housing providing a stable home for teachers and their families. Most times these teachers are well trained and sent by the government but do not stay for lack of good housing in the village.
Playground in Fanterila
The Building Youth Around the World Academy of Fanterila now has an electricity producing playground. The villagers will also have access to 40 merry-go-round powered lanterns for use at night in their homes at night for study and other needs.
Val and Jeanne Christensen School in Dovong
The Val and Jeanne Christensen Building Youth Around the World Academy of DOVONG and teachers housing was dedicated. The school will host 150 students from Dovong and surrounding villages that attend grades 7-9. The village with a population of 3360 is in dire need of the school because currently their primary school building houses two […]
Teachers housing in Kofi Kwei
This year we lent our construction expertise and partnered with the Building Youth Around the World Foundation to build a teacher housing for the Nurturing Nations orphanage in Kofi Kwei. The orphanage already has a School and Safe House which provide a safe place for children of all abilities and economic backgrounds from the area […]
3 New classrooms in Ouelessebougou
Thanks to a generous grant from the Michel Family and the Building Youth Around the World foundation, Empower Mali has completed construction of a three classroom middle school in the community of Ouelessebougou. Ouelessebougou is a fast growing city and schools are overcrowded. The new school will bring relief to the community and help increase […]
First Middle School in Sibiribougou
A generous donation from the Building Youth Around the World Foundation allowed us to break ground on a new three classroom school in Sibiribougou. This is our first middle school in the capital city. The classrooms in Sibiribougou are so overcrowded that there are 304 students in 7th grade, 142 in 8th grade and 145 […]
Teachers Housing in Karagouan
A generous donation from the Building Youth Around the World Foundation allowed us to build a three classroom school and a three home teacher housings in the village of Karagouan. The village only had one primary school and were grouping 119 girls and 118 boys from grade 1-6 into 3 classrooms. The school will alleviate […]
Middle School in Sibiribougou
We completed construction of the BYAW Academy in Sibiribougou. Empower Mali partnered with the Building Youth Around the World to build a fully equipped three classroom middle school with a directors office and 6 toilets in Sibiribougou. Sibiribougou is located in the heart if Commune 4 of Bamako and is quite underdeveloped in terms of infrastructure in education, clean water and electricity. The school was in a constant battle […]
Surgeries for children in Ouelessebougou
Through 2023, we partnered with BYAW to fund life changing surgeries for 11 young children in the community of Ouelessebougou and the surrounding regions. These surgeries were done in partnership with Dr Bagayoko at the Clinic de Paix in Ouelessebougou. Many families in Mali can barely afford medicines and basic health care let alone a […]
Teacher Housing in Ouelessebougou
Teachers are hesitant to teach in rural Mali. Providing housing allows us to attract the nation’s best teachers. We partnered with BYAW to build a teacher’s housing for the Karl and Erika Michel Academy of Ouelessebougou. BYAW kindly donated the funds that will make this housing a reality, helping provide three teacher families with quality […]