In 2015, the Watkins Family of Alpine, Utah donated $60,000.00 to build a fully equipped 3-classroom middle school, administration building and 6 latrines in the village of Dongorona, Mali.
Due to a lack of a middle school middle school aged children would travel 3-7 miles, 4 times a day to attend school in the neighboring villages. This was causing a drop in enrollment rates especially for girls, who were kept back by parents in fear of long dusty roads and possible dangers of the long journey. The school will serve up to 150 students from Dongorona and the surrounding villages.
Students in Dongorona started using the middle school in February 2016.