We completed construction of the BH Roberts Academy of Pogosso. Empower Mali partnered with the Coates Family at the B.H Roberts Foundation to build a fully equipped three classroom middle school with a directors office and 6 toilets in the village of Pogosso. A very rural village located about 45km from the big city of Koutiala in the Southern region of Sikasso.
The village chief was extremely grateful for this wonderful addition to the village that will help grow the literacy of the community, especially among girls. Many of their children had dropped out due to the distance they had to travel through wild areas to the school in a neighboring village.