Location: Kodialani, Mali
Project scope: 3 classrooms, solar lighting for one classroom, office/storage, 2 hygienic latrines
Impacted Children: 180 students
Timeline: Summer-Fall 2017
Community Involvement: Supplied sand, gravel, and foundation stones; block construction; dug foundation
Coalition: Build A School In Africa
Background: The village of Kodialanida in rural Mali had children injured during a storm when their mudbrick classroom collapsed. A 3-classroom block not only assured the safety of their students, but opened up space for additional out-of-school children. A solar lighting system in one of the classrooms gave this off-the-grid village a place for community meetings, teacher preparation and student study in the evenings. Scroll through the images below to see the before, during, and after.
