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Future Projects

Ultimately, we intend to expand the small school in Zambougou, which now provides 10% of the children with two grades of education. Currently the school is non-functioning and requires supplies and salaries to begin their program. Ultimately, our goal is to replace the mud structure with a school built of concrete and to provide latrines and a play area.

There is currently a medical facility in the village of Tesserela, 5 km from Zambougou; however, typically there is no medication in the facility and no staff. Even if the facility were functional, the villagers in Zambougou would not have money to pay for medical care in Tesserela. We plan to assist the village with acquiring medical care, either in Zambougou or in Tesserela.

Professor Amadei of EWB has recommended several micro-enterprise opportunities for the village, such as fabrication of clay pots for water filtration and the manufacture of rain catching systems and holding tanks. With successful business enterprises, the villagers would have the funds to cover their medical and other expenses.

Our intention is that the improvements and education about water systems that Zambougou receives will then be shared among the surrounding villages and ultimately throughout the Sahel region of Mali.

The most immediate need is for funds to repair and drill the wells, as the village wells are now completely dry.

Once the well repair project is compleetd, the next phase of work will be to create a pilot rain catching system, holding tank and irrigation system for the community vegetable garden.

In May of 2003, MAP will take with US to Zambougou, Professor Bernard Amadei, four University of Colorado (CU) Engineering Department and founder of Engineers without Borders-USA, along with a team of professional engineers and CU engineering students. They will implement the pilot rain catching system and provide education about sanitation to the villagers.