IAMANEH, Mali
IAMANEH Switzerland is a non-governmental development organisation founded in 1978, today supporting 12 projects in Mali. IAMANEH works through local partner organisations specifically committed to helping girls and women. Among the most important projects in the world’s third poorest country are the fight against infant malnutrition, the establishment of small health insurance funds, the information on female genital mutilation and the promotion of education for girls in particular.
Together with the Groupe d’Animation Action au Sahel (GAAS), IAMANEH Switzerland has initiated a school promotion program for girls in the Pelengana district. In this rural region only one out of four girls attends fifth grade, the others have to look after their brothers and sisters, help in the fields or get forced to work as domestic employees in the city.
www.iamaneh.ch
This new school promotion project of IAMANEH and GAAS will
The Roger Federer Foundation supports IAMANEH with an annual budget of CHF 70’000 and has allocated a further CHF 60’000 for the construction and furnishing of the pilot school in Wélengana.
Mali facts
* Human Development Report 2006 (UNDP)
Together with the Groupe d’Animation Action au Sahel (GAAS), IAMANEH Switzerland has initiated a school promotion program for girls in the Pelengana district. In this rural region only one out of four girls attends fifth grade, the others have to look after their brothers and sisters, help in the fields or get forced to work as domestic employees in the city.
www.iamaneh.ch
This new school promotion project of IAMANEH and GAAS will
- Accept at least 100 girls in ten schools to the new promotional programme
- The girls act as messengers in their villages, tell about their experiences, encouraging the others
- Cover the school tuition fee (school uniforms, books, etc) for the 100 girls
- During 3 to 5 years of school teach reading, writing, maths, as well hygiene, genital mutilation, children’s rights and family issues
- Raise parents’ and families’ awareness for the advantages and the necessity of school attendance of their daughters
- GAAS provides advice to families and schools and makes sure that the girls can successfully graduate from school
- A new pilot school with special emphasis on girls’ needs will be built in Wélengana. IAMANEH is developing a detailed handbook on sustainable construction of school buildings.
The Roger Federer Foundation supports IAMANEH with an annual budget of CHF 70’000 and has allocated a further CHF 60’000 for the construction and furnishing of the pilot school in Wélengana.
Mali facts
| Population*: | 12 Mio. |
| Compulsory education*: | 7-13 years |
| Enrolment ratio*: | 35% |
| Illiteracy rate*: | 81% |
| Life expectancy*: | 48.1 |
| Sustainable access to an improved water source*: | 50% |
| Nutrition*: | 24.5% of the children under 5 years of age are undernourished |
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* Human Development Report 2006 (UNDP)