There's a good piece in this month's WyeLocal about the work that Hay2Timbuktu is doing.
The toilet project is going well - new toilets have been installed in the local high schools and water supplies are now being provided for hand washing facilities as well. The toilets are important because girls were missing school, and now they can continue their education without interruptions. As one of the teachers says on the Hay2Timbuktu website, the boys can always manage, but for the girls it's more difficult, and one of the headmasters says that his school is 114 years old, and the toilets have never been modernised.
The girls who are in the bursary project have also been doing well, and are all moving on to the next grade. This is to provide extra support in the form of school materials which parents would usually have to buy, and to give extra training in areas like sexual health.
There's also a solar lamp project, where students can take lamps home so they have light to do their homework.
Some time this month there will be a dinner to raise money for Hay2Timbuktu at Booths Bookshop, including a talk by Lucy Duran on Music in Mali, Creativity and Crisis. I haven't been able to find the date of that yet. A new Hay/Timbuktu recipe book is also planned.
Members of Hay Town Council have also been invited to go to Timbuktu to see the contributions that Hay2Timbuktu have made.
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