by Tara Hopkins | Feb 5, 2021 | Mali Health, Women-Led Health Financing
It is Wednesday, February 3, 2021, Aminata’s 3rd day in her new position with Mali Health. In the early morning at her desk, we asked Aminata to share her feelings about her journey and new role. I am Aminata Seydou Traoré, I’m 29 years old, and I live in...
by Mali Health | Sep 7, 2020 | Women, Women-Led Health Financing
When COVID-19 arrived in Mali, it quickly interrupted lives and livelihoods in the peri-urban communities we serve. Most families with whom we work make their livings in the informal sector. The first COVID-19 prevention measures put into place in Mali significantly...
by Tara Hopkins | Jun 4, 2019 | Health Promotion and Community Outreach, Learning, Women-Led Health Financing
Joe and Tara visited Mali in February and were honored to host a few American guests for an eventful week, including the celebration of our team of community health workers, and their amazing accomplishment of not having lost a single mother or child in their care in...
by Tara Hopkins | Feb 27, 2019 | Learning, Women-Led Health Financing
In November 2018, Mali Health officially became a partner in the WomenConnect Challenge (WCC) – a USAID initiative intended to “bridge the digital gender divide.” Here’s a full summary of our pilot project. For so many reasons, this was an unlikely place to find...
by Mali Health | Jan 18, 2018 | Women-Led Health Financing
“We have been meeting as a group and saving for small business needs for ten years,” says Mariam Traoré, the president of her savings group ‘Sigida Yiriwa Ton 1,’ which in English means ‘Association for Community Development.’ “Each member contributes CFA 100 [about...
by Tara Hopkins | Sep 20, 2017 | Women-Led Health Financing
Kalabambougou is not far from the bustling streets of Bamako’s city center, but after leaving the paved roads behind, drivers go from dodging the moto bikes that weave in and out of traffic to skirting the car-sized pot holes formed by the deluge of the rainy season....
