The Alliance has a long-standing relationship with the government of Mali to provide vaccinations in and around the Ouelessebougou area. The Alliance will provide a total of 5,900 vaccinations in 30 villages this year! Nine diseases will be prevented through our vaccination program: polio, yellow fever, measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, hepatitis A, the flu, and tetanus. Vaccinations are available to children ages 0-18 as well as expectant mothers.

This year 1,471 children are attending school in 11 village elementary schools--maintained by the Alliance. Since the inception of our education programs, girls' school enrollment has increased substantially. This year 754 out of 1,471 attending are GIRLS! In addition to enforcing girl enrollment, we provide textbooks, supplies, and bench desks in order to maintain a strong educational environment. We also work with the Malian government to ensure long-term sustainability of our schools.

Association La Voute Nubienne (AVN) trains villagers in Mali to build environmentally sound, healthy, houses with mud brick vaults - a valid alternative to expensive timber, sheet metal and cement.

Many families in northern Mali have been forced to cut back to as little as one meal a day because of increasingly scarce water as a result of climate change. To combat drought and hunger, NEF teaches villagers new and simple ways to collect, store and manage the water they need, and provides seeds and training to grow rice - a reliable food source.

GAIA community-based HIV care and treatment clinic is the first such clinic in Mali and will be a model for the rest to follow.