Health care for 30,000 slum residents in Mali

279 Donations from 250 Donors:

Project Personnel

Caitlin Cohen - US Coordinator/ co-founder

Caitlin Cohen hails from Vermont, and is seeking degrees in international development and medicine at Brown University. She founded MHOP in 2006 because she believes that control over one’s own health is the most empowering and elemental right. An activist for labor rights and divestment from Darfur, Caitlin feels that the impulse for civil society can produce change in a way that money cannot.

Modibo Niang - Executive Director, Mali

Modibo Niang was born and raised in Sikoro, Mali, and worked in financial management in the capital city of Bamako after completing his studies. He has been trained by the national ministry for development in grassroots socio-economic development and microfinance. He is glad to be working to improve the lives of his neighbors, though he occasionally misses cushy chairs and air conditioning.

Chi Abdoulaye Diakite - Engineer

Chi (known as Adou) is the general director of the Malian Society for Civil Engineering (SOMAGEC). He has worked on many projects with the Malian government and with private enterprise. His most recent work involves the city of Bamako’s water system and its potential for expansion. He is working with MHOP at a considerably reduced rate because of his appreciation for community-lead endeavors.