We completed construction of the Vickie Rae & Juanita May Academy of Kankrougou. Empower Mali partnered with our board member Katie Pearce who sold enough cookies through her Giving Cookie venture to build a fully equipped three classroom middle school with directors office and 6 toilets in the village of Kankrougou, a rural village located about 10km from the big city of Koutiala in the Southern region of Sikasso. The new school will bring great relief to the children. of Kankrougou.
Kankrougou’s current school is a tiny one room, dilapidated building. It doesn’t accommodate all of the children so most students have to walk to neighboring villages 5-10 miles away.