There has been some confusion about the name of our organization. Not good! But there is an explanation. They are essentially the same organization, however:
Yakoly.Org is incorporated in England
Yacoli.Org is incorporated in the United States
For tax filing purposes, we needed to create another name so that donations are kept separate and each country Tax office is happy. As we expand to other countries, we will use an easier format such as ''Yacoli-'country name'.org''. For instance in France, we will be known as Yacoli-France.Org.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Internal Revenue Service
We heard this morning from the Internal Revenue Service that our organization is now IRS approved! It means that we are now recognized at the federal level as a good standing non profit organization. It also means that we can raise funds on US territory and donations are tax deductible!
Again, we want to thank everyone who supported us since 2007 and continue to support us!
Again, we want to thank everyone who supported us since 2007 and continue to support us!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Volunteers
We are so happy to have two volunteers, Cassandre and Scott, joining us for our second mission to the Ivory Coast! In keeping with our mission to provide financial, intellectual and material assistance to innovative villages we are traveling with two bright, dynamic and young educators.
Cassandre is a kindergarten teacher at the Lycee Francais de Los Angeles and Scott is a Biology teacher for grades 9-12. He also designs and implements a variety of classroom management strategies to maintain a high level of student engagement.
In addition, we have two program directors in the Ivory Coast. Mrs. Jeannette Allelet who is an educator and recently completed her degree for teaching mentally challenged students. Mr. Daniel Kodia a doctor who designed prevention health clinics for his village of Assinie.
Now that our team is growing and a date for our second mission is set, we are focusing on gathering as much supplies as possible. The list of supplies can be viewed on our website www.yakoly.org
Don't hesitate to contact me (yolande@yakoly.org) if you wish to help in anyway, such as conducting a drive in your area to gather school supplies, etc.
Cassandre is a kindergarten teacher at the Lycee Francais de Los Angeles and Scott is a Biology teacher for grades 9-12. He also designs and implements a variety of classroom management strategies to maintain a high level of student engagement.
In addition, we have two program directors in the Ivory Coast. Mrs. Jeannette Allelet who is an educator and recently completed her degree for teaching mentally challenged students. Mr. Daniel Kodia a doctor who designed prevention health clinics for his village of Assinie.
Now that our team is growing and a date for our second mission is set, we are focusing on gathering as much supplies as possible. The list of supplies can be viewed on our website www.yakoly.org
Don't hesitate to contact me (yolande@yakoly.org) if you wish to help in anyway, such as conducting a drive in your area to gather school supplies, etc.
Upcoming Mission 2009
Our first mission to the Ivory Coast in December 2007 was to introduce ourselves, identify the needs of the village of Yacolidabouo, identify similar villages, establish contacts and develop a relationship. We also addressed the following:
1.What are the aspirations of women and men in the village? Looking at local entrepreneurship, or the mirage of big cities?
2.Health prevention discussion
3.Finance discussions, including budgeting and saving in your community
4.Western countries, perception vs reality
Our second mission in November 2009, following the assessment of our 2007 mission, will focus on education for pre-school and grade school students. We will not only assist teachers in the classroom, but we will bring ideas on educational activities and interact with the children. Even if the children are attending classes, teachers often do not have the tools to properly teach, therefore, we will also seek educational tools which are listed on our website at www.yakoly.org.
The goal of the 2009 mission is to open up the children to fun education (inside and outside the classroom), provide the teachers with new teaching ideas and educational tools.
While in the Ivory Coast, we will mainly work in the villages of Yacolidabouo and Assinie.
1.What are the aspirations of women and men in the village? Looking at local entrepreneurship, or the mirage of big cities?
2.Health prevention discussion
3.Finance discussions, including budgeting and saving in your community
4.Western countries, perception vs reality
Our second mission in November 2009, following the assessment of our 2007 mission, will focus on education for pre-school and grade school students. We will not only assist teachers in the classroom, but we will bring ideas on educational activities and interact with the children. Even if the children are attending classes, teachers often do not have the tools to properly teach, therefore, we will also seek educational tools which are listed on our website at www.yakoly.org.
The goal of the 2009 mission is to open up the children to fun education (inside and outside the classroom), provide the teachers with new teaching ideas and educational tools.
While in the Ivory Coast, we will mainly work in the villages of Yacolidabouo and Assinie.
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