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 enrollment of students in 7th, 8th and 9th grades from Ouelessebougou and the surrounding villages.
This is Building Youth Around the World’s fifth school in Mali. They have also built three teacher housings, installed two electricity generating playgrounds and sponsored a student from Mali to attend high school in the United States. In partnership with Building Youth Around the world, we are also building a primary school and teachers housing in the village of Karagouan which is in the Sikasso region of Mali.