Koro, Mali 8 November 2006 Snippets Since October 2005, Koro Area Development Programme (ADP) has: Vegetables improve nutrition levels and any excess can be sold to increase household incomes. Education Begun construction of a two-classroom block Trained 53 school directors in school management Trained 17 literacy teachers in numeracy, lesson preparation and local language translation Purchased literacy booklets for 23 literacy centres Begun training four literacy course graduates in sewing and car repair Health Trained 36 community health promoters from five health centres and 51 teachers to educate people about trachoma (an eye disease) Vaccinated nearly 2,400 children Assessed the nutrition status of 3,850 children and worked with families of malnourished children to improve their nutrition levels Held nutritional demonstrations in 12 communities; nearly 2,000 people attended Educated 4,500 people about child nutrition HIV and AIDS Trained 60 teachers to run life skills lessons focussing on HIV-prevention; they have so far educated 3,300 students and 230 adults about HIV-prevention Trained 60 peer educators about HIV-prevention Organised a cross-country athletics event at Koro school and used it to educate 4,000 students about HIV-prevention Worked with religious leaders to educate nearly 11,000 people about HIV-prevention Registered and counselled people living with HIV Water and sanitation Established 15 community water and sanitation committees Equipped a borehole with a hand pump Constructed a large irrigation well Trained 30 people from 15 communities to construct sanitary latrines Constructed 74 latrines in 13 communities Held cleanliness days in 14 communities Agriculture and food security Trained 35 gardeners to produce vegetables and make compost Supplied seven women’s groups with vegetable seeds Provided 37 tonnes of grain to stock two cereal banks Leadership development Trained leaders from two communes in management and planning		Koro file Koro project profile KORO STORY ARCHIVE 2008 In their own words Fixing it Snippets 2006 Well pleased Snippets 2005 Precious liquid Snippets 2004 School days Progress to-date 2003 Drought costs Gone with the wind Snippets Closing the door 2002 “She walks!” Lifting mountains Dramatic impact Keep it clean Building abilities Other projects in Mali View country profile  Show Mali on map Togogana: Welcome to Togogana Yangasso: Time in the garden Projects in other countries Bangladesh show on map Chitalmari: Reaching out Kaliganj: Turning point Laudob: Tailor-made Sariakandi: No bride price Tarash: Extra tuition brings top results Cambodia show on map Koh Andaet: Savings scheme Oudong: Making water safe Samrong Tong: Better sanitation means better health Stong: Welcome to Stong Honduras show on map Concepcion: Changing for the better Nueva Vision: Mobilising youth Valle: Farewell to Valle India show on map Banswara: Snippets Dahod: A man with a vision Dumaria: Snippets Gajapati: Snippets Girideep: Good news from India Mayurbhanj: Snippets Mumbai West: Working woman Ratlam: Snippets Malawi show on map Blantyre Urban: Charity and Aisha Chata: Plenty to smile about Mikolongwe: Trying it out Myanmar show on map Myeik: Snippets Nicaragua show on map Aguas Azules: At the helm Tlilican: School gets new lease of life Niger show on map Chadakori: Welcome to Chadakori Goulbi N'Kaba: Successes Papua New Guinea show on map Port Moresby: Snippets Vadavada: Snippets Rwanda show on map Kabuga: Welcome to Kabuga Tubehoneza: Building a better world for children Tanzania show on map Budekwa: Snippets Bugabo: Clinic has water at last! Bukene: Snippets Dakama: Conserving the future Ibuga: Snippets Ibwera: Snippets Iselamagazi: Good News from Iselamagazi Magugu: Snippets Nkoma: Snippets Nshamba: Snippets Uganda show on map Buyamba: Taking care of your own Ngogwe: Welcome to Ngogwe Pakwach: Farewell to Puvona Panyimur: Snippets Rakai-Kooki: Cool school Vanuatu show on map Tafea: Snippets Zambia show on map Mporokoso: Community leader Nakonde: Good news from Nakonde Siachitema: Time to know the truth

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