New web address: WWW.YACOLI.ORG

As you know, we are changing our name from Yakoly.org to Yacoli.Org in order to accurately reflect the name of the village that inspired us! Our web address is now www.yacoli.org!

New Online Store!!

We just announced our first online store where the proceeds of all items will be for the benefit of the villages! You can go on http://www.cafepress.com/yacoli to browse and purchase some of the products. Here is the new logo we decided to use:



In effort to bring more native or local arts from the Ivory Coast to the forefront, we will seek unusual articles to add to the store. Of course all benefits will go toward the development programs.

Yacoli Pre School

I was cleaning my computer files and found an old video of us and Santa in the village of Yacolidabouo during the 2007 Christmas holiday! I know this video is on our youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/YakolyOrg

But here is a quick look at what we have:

New Logo

Testing a new logo. How does it look?

Yakoly.Org v Yacoli.Org

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.

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!