2014 –2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Feb. 2014 |
Constructed combined storage/watchman structure and a water basin. Hired a watchman. |
April 2014 |
Completed foundation work and completed the main walls (June 2014) |
2010 –2012 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Oct. 2010 |
Established all-volunteer executive board |
Jan. 2011 |
Obtained 501(c)3 not-for-profit status from the IRS |
Jan. 2011 |
Established a local partner group in Burkina Faso |
Sept. 2011 |
Received $330,000 U.S. State Department Youth Leadership Program (YLP) Grant with Francophone Africa in partnership with SUNY Plattsburgh |
Oct. 2011 |
Held first black light Zumbathon fundraiser generating over $1000 with active support from SUNY Plattsburgh students |
Fall 2011 |
Completed first membership drive. Received donations from Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, New York, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin |
Jan. 2012 |
Secured land outside of Ouagadougou for first school; two other possible sites identified in Burkina Faso |
Feb. 2012 |
Organized African Portrait Film Festival featuring 4 films |
March 2012 |
Facilitated first Youth Leadership Program session held with 24 high school students and 6 adult educators from Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger |
Summer 2012 |
Contracted for 4750 bricks for the building of first school |
Sept. 2012 |
Organized 2nd African Portrait Film Festival2nd African Portrait Film Festival |
Fall 2012 |
Facilitated second Youth Leadership Program session with 24 high school students and 6 adult educators from Côte d'Ivoire and Mauritania |
Oct. 2012 |
Held second black light Zumbathon fundraiser |
Dec. 2012 |
Board members to travel to West Africa to observe progress of community service projects for YLP grant and lay cornerstone for first school |