This project will help reduce dropout rate of underprivileged secondary pupils in Niger with reading and writing deficiencies by implementing an extensive tutoring and special teacher training program

Rural Niger, W. Africa has a 10% literacy rate. RAIN offers scholarships and mentoring to girls most in need. Girls are trained by volunteer mentors in traditional and life skills.

Nomadic children must live at school; but Niger schools often have no food to nourish their bodies and minds. School market gardens provide that nourishment, increasing enrollments.

International Academy of Niamey (IAN) - NIGER Republic - is a non-profit middle and high school that has been operating since July 25, 2011. The school currently enrolled four 7th graders and five 8th graders. Out of the nine students, seven are on 50% scholarship and two on 100% scholarship. Additionally, all nine students received all school supplies free of charge. IAN emphases on exploring reading, writing, math, science, humanities, arts and technology.

RAIN's Artisan Cooperatives are unique - talented and dedicated illiterate nomadic women use their skills to create livelihoods, giving 50% of profits to their children's schools.

An innovative "Girl Empowerment for Change" project will help 200 low-income adolescent girls at Hampaté Bâ Middle School in Niamey get more than just an academic basis. Creation of a Home Economics girls-only class and Gender/ICT Club will expand knowledge and strengthen confidence to improve their families' well-being and fight gender bias. The girls will gain an understanding of concepts, skills, attitudes and qualities needed to become agents of effective social change locally and globally.