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the poorest country in the world -- have thrived in the desert
for over a thousand years but today live a marginal existence.
These unique cultures are threatened by drought and climate
change. The nomads’ fertile pastureland has been taken for farming; they are forced to live in the ever more arid desert regions. In a region where little aid is available,
Rain for the Sahel and Sahara (RAIN) is a consistent presence.
Our staff is all local people, our programs are the result
of community brainstorming sessions – we are revitalizing communities assailed by poverty. They are ready to attain new skills, improve their lives. We all have much to learn, much to share – please join us.
is to work with nomadic peoples of West Africa to improve their lives through education, water security, agriculture, and income-producing activities. These locally rooted programs promote literacy and empowerment while sustaining nomadic traditions throughout the Sahel and Sahara.
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• NEWS •
•RAIN ANNUAL APPEAL: "The courage of a drop of water is to dare falling in the desert." (Tuareg Proverb). It's time once again for the RAIN Annual Appeal! If you can participate, please do so, as we look to this time each year to plant more seeds of school gardens, literacy, water and food security, and community development! Help our gardens grow. Donate today!”
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•RAIN UPDATE: “RAIN has received a grant from Rotary International to support a garden, mentors, and
school lunch program for 250 children in
Bonfeba Primary School in Niger. Thank you Rotary International!”
•RAIN GOALS 2010:
- Ten more School Market Gardens
- Further expansion in Niger
- A Women’s Weaving Cooperative
in Tilabery
- Twenty more schools with the
Literacy Loop: Women Mentoring
Girls
- Teaching animal husbandry skills
and Temoko: the livestock sharing program
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(RAIN) is very well respected and has
developed methods and programs that are sustainable, involve
the communities wholly, have clearly generated behavior change
and, often, a change in the standard of living.
--2006 USAID Monitoring Report
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