AMEN 1960

Yesterday was one very special day.

Bibi with the members of AMEN 1960

 The members of the AMEN 1960 association and its president, Mr. Oumar Touré, visited first the first NIABER SOCIAL CENTER (orphanage NIABERI in ACI 2000 Hamdallaye), in order to know a bit more about the children’s situation there, just before the second visit of the NIABER SOCIAL CENTERN Of Mamaribougou .

 The AMEN 1960 is an association formed entirely by persons born in Mali in 1960, year of the country independence from French colonization. Our today’s actions coincide with the 50^th years birthday of everyone and of the country witch will be a very big event on September 2010.

Everyone with Alamoko

At Mamaribougou, after meeting with ALAMAKO, the Chief of the village and the partners from Mali and from France; all the members of AMEN 1960 planted 50 trees in commemoration of 50 years of independence of the republic of Mali. And among the guests, we can notice the presence of voluntary workers of Horizon 54, staff member’s of the same NGO, Ismail and Aisha from the deaf  and Blind Association of Mali, with whom we have undertaken numerous projects.

The national radio and television didn’t miss the event, and neither did the several private journalists (Le Republican, L’Indépendant) who were covering the event...

Alamoko is a polyhandicapped girl who was abandoned now 5 years ago. She lives under care of the NGO ASEMALI  in NIANERSOCIAL CENTER of Mamaribougou, where the new community center will be built in an area that has been generously donated to ASE Mali and to Alamoko by the town itself. As a sample of our gratefulness, as the new  community center is yet to be finished, thanks to our American sponsor The Shelter Company, we have constructed a well that supplies free drinkable water  for the whole population. Likewise, our generous sponsor also has given us numerous sheep that feed us, and with whom Alamako plays every morning.

All these 50 trees were planted surrounding the future location of the community center, that will be focused mainly (but not exclusively) on disabled persons.

One of the planted trees

  But we do not want this action to be punctual, as we hope that this is the first link of a chain of solidarity that will help all the orphans, abandoned and disabled children of the whole country. And we hope that all the diffusion given to this act will be useful in order to sensitize more people, unaware of the current situation in which a lot children and disabled persons live in. Because the more realized of what is happening the people are, the easier it will be to improve the situation. 

If we all work together, we can make it possible.