Caravan to Class will build a school in the village of Mora, in the Southern Sahara Desert area of Mali to provide a conducive learning environment for children living in one of the poorest and most illiterate villages in Mali. We are hiring certified teachers from Timbuktu and providing the children with two free meals daily. This school will directly impact 70 deserving children, giving them the gift of literacy and education and will bring hope and opportunity to an entire village.
The children of the nomadic Tuareg of Mali have never known formal school and all levels of government have underinvested in education in this area. While Mali is already one of the world's most illiterate countries, with the literacy rate around 26%, the villages around Timbuktu have even lower literacy rates at less than 10%. Caravan to Class' mission is to reverse this injustice and bring the dream of hope through education to the children of these villages.
The three pillars of getting kids into school are: 1) Building a safe and welcoming school building, 2) Hiring accredited teachers, 3) Providing basic nutrition
The project will bring literacy and education to at least 70 children in the village of Mora, allowing them to break the cycle of illiteracy and have a future full of hope.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
