Friends of Mali - Ireland

  We are supporting two projects in the city of Mopti,

   which have been in operation for about 15 years.- 
  Yeredeme:  ( translates as "Help ourselves") 
   Yeredeme is a training centre for young single
   mothers. The trainees are provided with schooling
   and a trade/ craft, including jam- & jewellery-making.
  The centre operates a small restaurant staffed by the
  trainees, and a shop, where they sell clothes,
  jewellery and jams, as well as various teas &
  Shea Butter, (a natural skin cream).
   It is linked to Hotel Doux Reves, across the square.Fonds Pour l’Education
   This is an educational grant scheme,
  funded by voluntary donations, which
  grant-aids individual children to avail of second- or
  third-level education. At present there are twenty
    students being supported in educational programmes.
  A number of beneficiaries have gone on to study
  accountancy and others have gained employment in
  Govt. departments.