Koro, Mali

Achievements
Since October 2006, Koro Area Development Programme (ADP) has:

Health

• Educated 3,400 teenagers about HIV and AIDS
• Trained 22 young people to educate their peers about HIV and AIDS
• Trained 60 health agents about trachoma
• Trained 45 midwives
• Educated members of 260 households about nutrition
• Trained 28 people to promote nutrition
• Trained women from eight communities to grow fruit and vegetables
• Provided training for 37 members of cereal bank management committees
  
  
Water and sanitation

• Established five boreholes and repaired two borehole pumps
• Constructed 33 latrines
• Trained 24 people to maintain water pumps
• Trained 57 members of water and sanitation committees so they can educate their communities about environmental cleanliness, latrine construction, water pump maintenance and prevention of trachoma and other water-related infections
• Educated nearly 4,000 children about water-related infections
• Involved 9,500 children in environmental cleanliness days in their communities
• Established rubbish disposal areas for 40 communities
  
  
Education
• Provided refresher training for 26 literacy tutors and taught 21 more people to teach literacy
• Trained three literacy tutors to provide management training for community-based organisations

Challenges
The people of Koro still have a number of challenges ahead of them. During the next year, World Vision will focus on continuing to improve water, sanitation, nutrition, awareness of HIV and AIDS and access to education.