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.