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Improving Public health in Mali

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Last month I wrote about my stroll through Sikoro , on the northern outskirts of Bamako, Mali, and the community health project Siguida Keneyali we learned about there. Today my friend Britt Bravo posted an in-depth interview with Caitlin Cohen of Siguida that looks at the project and its community-based orientation in some real detail.

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Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

Have Fun - Do Good

By the third page of Monique and the Mango Rains, you know that Monique, a midwife in Mali, will die in childbirth. To read an interview with the author, check out Jen Lemen's blog. midwife mali women Peace Corps friendship -Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down about Monique and the Mango Rains.

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Help the Sigida Keneyali Project Win the International Youth In Volunteerism Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

Last month I posted an e-interview with Caitlin Cohen, the US coordinator and co-founder of the Sigida Keneyali Project , a community-run clinic in Sikoro for 28,000 people. It is a project of the start-up NGO, Mali Health Organizing Project. Mali health NGO

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Empowering Change: Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project

Have Fun - Do Good

In December I wrote a book review of Monique and the Mango Rains , the story of a Peace Corps worker's two years working with a midwife in Mali. Below is an e-interview with another woman making a difference in Mali, Caitlin Cohen, one of two US coordinators of the Sigida Keneyali Project. What is the Sigida Keneyali Project?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Five Hot Conversations!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Resources and Reports Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog summarizes an article with tips on for how nonprofit marketing and public relations staff can gain entry into the blogosphere Michael Stein (East Coast) files a report from Mali about the GeekCorps Mali project. Check out the interview with Alexandra Samuels.

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Geekcorps Mali works to create and deploy ICT solutions that are sustainable and appropriate for Mali. Tobias Schonwetter, discusses the analogy between copyright law and culture in many regions of the world and an interview with Anna Badimo, chairperson of LinuxChix Africa. ICT in the Developing World.

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