Tienko, Mali
Completed September 2020
We’re excited to announce that our school in Tienko, Mali has now been completed and is up and running - providing vital education to 385 students (236 boys and 149 girls)! We have ten wonderful teachers, teaching nine different grade levels. We are also working with community leaders to identify and enrol more girls.
We couldn’t have done this without you - so thank you, you wonderful humans!
About tienko
The village of Tienko is a community of approximately 1,750 people located in the Sikasso region. Most community members are subsistence farmers who rear livestock and grow corn, cotton, peanuts, potatoes, beans and millet.
A school block was first created back in 2002 but since then the community has grown and some children were learning outside in a temporary classroom with no proper walls or flooring. Bad weather, dust and noise often made it difficult for children to focus.
Today, all that has changed and the students of Tienko now have enough indoor classroom space to learn comfortably.
Meet one of our tiekno Students
Name: Soumaila Bagayoko
Age: 10 years old
Class: 3rd grade
Favourite subject: Drawing
Ambition: Soulaila dreams of being a teacher when he grows up.
With your support Soumaila is much more likely to achieve his dream and break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations.
Children learning in their new classroom
Tienko, Mali
