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How We Make A Difference

2007 accomplishments with only $620,000

Thanks to your increasing generosity, here's what we were able to do:

A total of 15,112 patients treated In our Mobile Medical Clinics operating in Niger, Mali and Ethiopia!

In NIGER, we:

• dug or repaired 12 wells;
• supported 18 primary schools for nomadic children providing dormitories, latrines, wells, meals, supplemental teachers, storeroom, sewing class, uniforms and blankets;
• funded our Tchirozerene Student Scholarship and Residence Program with 11 students in grades 7, 8 and 9;
• sponsored 3 Tuareg students for Nursing programs;
• funded an Adult Literacy Program for the Handicapped in Abalak;
• continued building of our Student Residence for Girls in Agadez;
• funded Emergency Relief Animal Fodder banks for Tuareg and Wodaabe herds;
• purchased a herd of goats for a Wodaabe nomad community;
• continued aid to the Handicapped communities;
• ran 3 Mobile Clinics among Tuareg and Wodaabe nomads treating 4428 patients;
• Recycled $36,000 in Micro-Credit Food Cooperatives loan repayments to help pay for projects.

In MALI, we:

• funded 3 schools for the Tuareg nomad children of Kidal with meals, blankets and uniforms, with funding from singer Robert Plant;
• launched 2 new primary schools for nomad Tuareg children in the Timbuktu region with classrooms, teachers, desks, school supplies and meals;
• provided an irrigation pump and well for rice cultivation for the new Tuareg community at Sakankora;
• ran 4 Mobile Clinics among Tuareg, Songhai, Bela, Fulani and Moor tribes treating 8823 patients.

In ETHIOPIA, we:

• ran a Mobile Clinic among Mursi, Hamar and Karo tribes treating 1861 people;
• continued ongoing medical treatment of little Algo Goito, with deadly Burkitt's Lymphoma
• sponsored 23 students for higher education for the 2007/08 school year

2006 accomplishments with only $531,000

In NIGER, we:

• ran four mobile clinics treating 7,600 people;
• funded cereal and fodder banks serving hundreds of people and animals;
• fed 133 infants on our Father Cow Feeding Program for severely malnourished children;
• dug 4 new wells;
• funded 29 more micro loan food cooperatives;
• supported 17 bush schools with dormitories, emergency meals, supplementary teachers, blankets, uniforms and medicines;
• continued aid to the handicapped communities.

We are very pleased with our Micro-Loan Food Cooperatives where your donations work the hardest! We recycled $25,000 in micro-loan repayments to fund:

• ten more food cooperatives
• a training program for our Cooperative managers
• more dormitories
• a scholarship program for 12 nomad students
• another well
• the purchase of a jackhammer and generator for well digging.

In MALI, we:

• ran three mobile clinics for Tuareg, Fulani, Songhai, Bela, Bozo tribes treating 6,100 people;
• purchased small herds of goats and sheep for 46 refugee Tuareg families;
• for the Tuareg TINAIT communities of Assana and Acharane: funded an irrigation pump; pump well; fencing, seeds, training for a women's vegetable garden, and a handicrafts cooperative.
• for the Tuareg nomads of Kidal, with funding from singer Robert Plant, built 6 dormitories for 3 primary schools and provided blankets, uniforms.

In ETHIOPIA, we:

• ran a mobile clinic among the Mursi, Karo, Hamar treating 2200 people
• sponsored 21 students for the 2006/07 school year in secondary and higher education.

2005 accomplishments with only $410,000!
Thanks to your generosity, 2005 funds were almost double those of 2004!

In NIGER, we:

Provided Drought Relief for Tuareg and Wodaabe nomads.
Within three months we:

• dug 15 wells, funded 25 food cooperatives, and emergency food for children, adults and animals.

We continued the year with our food programs for children and adults. Our "Father Cow" program gives monthly enriched powdered milk at $20 per month per child.

In addition in NIGER, we:

• ran three mobile clinics treating 5800 people, at a cost per patient of $6.82.
• funded 11 sewing cooperatives.
• supported 10 bush schools with more dormitories, emergency meals, solar lamps, supplementary teachers, blankets, uniforms and medicines.
• began a scholarship program for secondary education.
• continued our ongoing assistance to the handicapped communities in Abalak and Agadez.

In MALI, we:

• ran two mobile clinics for remote tribes treating 2297 people and saved the life of a child with meningitis.
• supplied remote Hombori Hospital with medicines.
• funded materials for rice cultivation and a women’s leather cooperative for the refugee Tuareg of TINAIT Association outside of Timbuktu.

In ETHIOPIA, we:

• ran a mobile clinic among the Mursi, Karo, Hamar treating 1777 people.
• funded more surgeries for cleft palate and club feet.
• sponsored 19 students for the 2005/06 school year in secondary and higher education.

In INDIA, we:

• funded yearly support for Tumudibandh Youth Hostel in Kutia Kondh tribal territory.

What we have accomplished in 2004 with only $253,000!

In MALI, we:

• ran one Volunteer Funded Medical Program in January with 6 full days of bush clinics among the Tuareg, Fulani, Songhai, Bela and Dogon tribes treating 1022 people, saving the lives of two babies and provided life saving surgery for an adult.
• outfitted remote Hombori Hospital with medicines, medical supplies and beds.
• funded a grain storeroom, irrigation pump for rice cultivation, women's leather cooperative and another 40 goats for the refugee Tuareg of TINAIT Association outside of Timbuktu.
• funded a women's sewing cooperative for the Songhai village of Zindiga, and helped finance an AIDS and Public Health Workshop for the women of Timbuktu and Gao.

In NIGER, we:

• ran 2 Volunteer Funded Medical Programs in March and October, during which we ran 14 days of bush clinics among the Wodaabe and the Tuareg. treating 3106 people, with a 30% increase in patients from the previous year at the same sites.
• purchased 16 donkeys for the Behamey Wodaabe nomads whose animals died due to disease.
• funded 3 meals per day for our five bush schools for nomadic Tuareg. children, until WORLD FOOD PROGRAM agreed to take over the job for us!
• funded 5 storerooms, 10 dormitories for boys and girls, medicines, utensils, school desks and uniforms for these same bush schools.
• funded 11 reimbursable food cooperatives, 3 handicrafts cooperatives, 7 women¹s sewing cooperatives and 3 adult literacy programs.
• dug 3 new wells and repaired t others for the Wodaabe and Tuareg nomad populations.
• funded 82 goats and a garden/ecology project for Baraka Association of Wodaabe nomads.

In ETHIOPIA, we:

• ran one Volunteer Funded Medical Program with 6 days of bush clinics among the Mursi, Karo, Hamar and the Erbore, treating 1655 people. We witnessed significant improvement in people treated the previous year and the number of patients also increased by 20% at the same sites.
• ran our first Mobile Bush Clinic Program staffed with local doctors and nurses only, treating 1181 patients.
• took over the support of the little bush school at Duss for the Karo tribe, including 3 meals daily which enabled an additional 60 children to attend who live 15 miles away.
• funded more surgeries for cleft palate and club feet repair of Borana tribal children.
• sponsored 19 students for the 2004/05 school year in secondary and higher education.

In INDIA, we:

• funded another full year of support for Tumudibandh Orphanage and Youth Hostel in Kutia Kondh tribal territory.

What we have accomplished in 2003

In MALI, we:

• On a Volunteer Medical Mission in January, ran three bush clinics among the Tuareg, Dogon and Bozo treating more than 600 patients.
• Financed an irrigation pump for Tuareg refugees living along the Niger River.
• Funded sound equipment and a bus (with the help of Led Zeppelin singer, Robert Plant) for a talented musical troupe of handicapped young people in Mopti.
• Purchased 100 goats and sheep, food against drought and funded a vegetable garden for the refugee Tuareg of TINAIT Association in Timbuktu.

In NIGER, we:

• On a Volunteer Medical Mission in March, ran four bush clinics among the Tuareg and the Wodaabe treating almost 900 patients.
• Purchased seventeen wheelchairs for handicapped Tuareg and Haussa, and provided them with a soldering machine to facilitate their workshop production.
• Purchased two months of feed for 32 drought-stricken cows for the Wodaabe.
• Helped fund a school room, grain storage and boutique for Wodaabe nomads.
• Started the 2003/04 school year for our five Tuareg bush schools funding three daily meals to enable more nomadic children, especially girls, to attend school.
• Funded medical supplies for the remote dispensary of Tchintoulous aiding Tuareg nomads in the Air Mountains.

In ETHIOPIA, we:

• On a Volunteer Medical Mission to Ethiopia, ran three bush clinics among the Mursi and the Hamar treating more than 1400 people.
• Funded the surgeries and medical care for another five children from the Borana area.
• Funded educational sponsorships for twelve students.

In MONGOLIA, we:

• Purchased four herds of cashmere goats for blight-stricken nomads in the Gobi desert.

In INDIA, we:

• Provided a full year of funding and support for Tumudibandh Youth Hostel for Kutia Kondh children in tribal India, Orissa state.

What we have accomplished in 2002

• Ran three Bush clinics in Ethiopia, Mali and Niger.

In MALI, we:

• Built a Women¹s Literacy Center for the Songhai village of Zindiga in remote Mali where 98% of the women are currently illiterate.
• Dug two wells for the Tuareg in Mali.

In NIGER, we:

• Purchased thirteen wheelchairs for the handicapped in Niger in a town overlooked by humanitarian efforts. Most of these individuals have spent 40+ years scooting around on the ground.
• Funded five more nomadic bush schools in Niger including meals, school supplies, blankets, medicines and uniforms.
• Dug two wells for the Wodaabe in Niger.
• Funded six sewing and handicrafts cooperatives in Niger, teaching over 200 Tuareg and Wodaabe men and women important income-generating skills.

In ETHIOPIA, we:

• Provided twelve tribal children in Ethiopia with corrective surgeries for cleft lips, cleft palates, and clubbed feet.

In INDIA, we:

• Provided a full year of funding and support for Tumudibandh Youth Hostel for Kutia Kondh children in tribal India, Orissa state.