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Surviving the Niger Droughts of 2005, 2006 Interviews with nomads
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NIGER
"The Story of Fati Gambo" Tamazalak Women's Sewing and Knitting Cooperative

"Illa Ada and the 4 Wheelchairs"

MALI
Tinait Association of Timbuktu

ETHIOPIA
Ethiopian Children's Medical Project

The Story of Algo Goito

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IRMA TURTLE RECEIVES "YUNUS AWARD"
FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS

Irma Turtle was honored with 4 others in May, 2008 with a Yunus Award for achievements related to the UN Millennium Development Goals identified in 2000 and endorsed by 189 countries.

TurtleWill's work in Niger, Mali and Ethiopia bringing desperately needed health care, education and economic empowerment to very overlooked and underserved tribal peoples addresses directly these goals! Together we can be very proud.

Irma Turtle holding Award with Micro For Macro Summit organizers Patricia McCarty, President and Founder of Starshine Academy, Phoenix; Rich Shields, Financial Management Officer, Embassy of the United States of America Beijing; Dan Nienhauser, Director Corporate Initiatives, Arizona State University

The 8 Goals, to be achieved by 2015, are to:

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Develop a global partnership for development

These YUNUS Awards were given at the inaugural MILLENNIUM MICRO FOR MACRO SUMMIT held in Phoenix. *The Yunus Awards are named in honor of the work and vision of Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient for 2006.

Irma Turtle with Richard Neuheisel, President and Sue Lofgren, Program Coordinator

"MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE"
Irma was one of three recipients and the only American to receive this inaugural award from the Tempe Sister Cities Program in October, 2007. The International Sister Cities Program's mission to bring the world together one friendship at a time.

Profiles in Caring TV Show features Irma Turtle.
Profiles in Caring is good news about good work around the world. Its TV news stories, web casts, and half hour programs reflect extraordinary humanitarian projects. Irma is featured in a 30 minute segment on the TV program, first airing in March, 2008 on various nationwide cable and network channels.

"This week on Profiles In Caring we travel to a region rarely seen except by National Geographic cameras. Irma Turtle and her TurtleWill Foundation, do what many would deem impossible, to help nomadic tribes in Mali, Niger and Ethiopia. From mobile health clinics to educational support and even a little business econimics 101, Irma loves these people and has dedicated her life to improving the overall quality of life for the Wodaabe, Tuareg and Mursi. It is a story you will not soon forget."

BARRON’S BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL WEEKLY

TurtleWill's Volunteer Funded Medical Programs are part of the cover story of Barron's Business and Financial Weekly, November 29, 2004 issue, entitled "The New Giving." This issue includes a "Special Report on Philanthropy." We are referred to as "one of five nonprofits leading the charge."

The article goes on to say: "Seeing is believing. Today's donors increasingly want to see their dollars at work- and maybe even lend a hand. To that end, TurtleWill, which provides aid to nomads from Mali to Mongolia, takes donors on tours to places they almost certainly would never see on their own ... says Carol Carpenter, who has traveled on TurtleWill medical programs to Ethiopia, Mali and Niger, "Often when you donate money to an organization, you don't know where it's going. With TurtleWill, you see the sewing machine being bought for the women's cooperative ...".

"NOMADS OF THE HUMAN CONDITION"
UN sponsored International Television Series
featuring
Irma Turtle

   Irma Turtle is featured, along with the Dalai Lama and Steve McCurry (internationally acclaimed photojournalist), in a 13 chapter series for television focusing on "modern day nomads." Individuals have been selected for their efforts to help humanity. Irma's 30 minute segment was filmed on location in Niger during a Turtlewill Volunteer Medical Program, in March, 2002. The subject of the film was Turtlewill's ongoing projects involving medical, educational, agricultural and economic support of the Wodaabe and the Tuareg nomads. Accompanying Irma as volunteers were Dr. Elizabeth Jack, Maya Moltzer and Lillian Hoffman, all of whom have traveled repeatedly with Turtle. The series began airing in January, 2003.