For Massaba, a 4 month old baby girl, she will never have to undergo the painful tradition of female genital cutting after her community banned it in their village.

Plan is improving basic sanitation and hygiene to improve children’s health in the village of Makodji.

Plan Mali supports the schooling of children in difficult circumstances and from poor families through a scholarship program.

Plan Mali and mothers' associations promote girls' schooling and enable them to complete their studies up to secondary level.

In Mali, where 90% of girls are excised, Plan is conducting its awareness raising activities to educate women about the risks and dangers of this practice.

Filifing Sidibe works as a midwife in a clinic in her home village of Dafela. Thanks to Plan sponsorship, she received medical education and now is working to improve the lives of children in her community.

Mayamu, from Sougoula village, is helping women develop their business skills and restore their dignity through her Plan- supported savings and loan association.

Aminata, a girl from the village of Kinta in central Mali, is learning how to read, write and develop her life skills thanks to a literacy programme implemented by Plan Mali.

Rama, a 10-year old girl from Mali, has received a scholarship from Plan, and can now continue going to school.

Nasira, a woman from a village in the Kangaba cercle and a sufferer of AIDS, has gone from being a village outcast to a role model thanks to a project being implemented by Plan Mali and partners which gives support to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Plan has helped a village install an innovative water supply system which provides drinking water continuously using solar energy and pedal power.

Tora, a 3 year old boy from the Niaganabougou area, starts his new preschool supported and funded by Plan and partners.