Dogon Country, Mali - Teenage Education Support project - Mali Experience Tours, African Travel & Eco Tours

Dear Friends,

Hello! I am the director of Mali Experience Tours, and I am writing to introduce myself and to tell you about an exciting
new project to support teenage education in Mali.

When I was growing up in Dogon Country, I loved school and was one of the best students in my class. After finishing
primary school at age 12, I decided to move to Mopti because my village in Dogon Country does not have a secondary
school. However, I had to support myself because my parents had limited financial capacity to pay for my school or
living expenses in Mopti.

After more than a year of trying to pay for myself by working in whatever way I could, in the end I was forced to leave
school and then became a tour guide.

Now, after working as a guide for 15 years, I have my own company and I have the opportunity to help other students
in the same situation, so I decided to give a portion of my profits for this purpose.

I have set up the Teenage Education Support program which will take 10 primary school students each year who have
excelled in school and whose parents are unable to pay for them to continue to secondary school. The program will pay
for all of their educational and living expenses - including private school tuition, books and school supplies, rented
housing with security, food, electricity and water - for a period of three years of secondary education. The students -
five girls and five boys - must keep up their grades in order to remain in the program.

With the help of generous contributions from tourists like you, the first class of 10 students started the first year of
secondary school in Mopti in September 2008. Please visit this page again which I will be updating to tell you about the
students and their progress in school.

We are seeking contributions to expand the program to give more students this opportunity and also to build schools in
Dogon Country so that students will no longer have to choose between leaving home and continuing their education.

It costs less than €600, or $800, to educate a child in Mali in a good private school with all living expenses for one
year. It will cost approximately €50.000, or $65,000, to build a secondary school in Dogon Country.

Please consider making a donation to this program in any amount that you are able. You can email me at
mikael@maliexperience.com if you have any questions or to find out how to make a donation.

I am in the process of registering this project as a non-profit organization.

Thank you so much for your support and see you in Mali!

Mikael Djiguiba