Celebrating Our Success

[Sally Carless]

Here's where you can list your results: what you did, how much you raised, who you gave it to, etc. Please remember that nothing is too small. It's the cumulative effect we're interested in - the power of community over time.

[Debra Kahn]

Read about the successes of Montessori students as they collaborate to bring hope and change to a small corner of the world in Niger, West Africa.
Niger is the poorest country in the world, and the Azawak is the poorest region in Niger. With no infrastructure, the biggest struggle for the people in this region is the daily search for water. In a region the size of Florida with 500,000 inhabitants, there is no water. Children have to walk 35 miles a day to bring water back to their families. People are dying. The people in the region have communicated that their biggest need is access to water.

Montessori students are working with Program Amman Imman to bring hope to the people of this land by building permanent water sources. We are working with the people to meet their needs, and we are working with children to be active responders and agents of change.

Recently, Montessori students raised over $5000 in A Walk For Water to benefit the people of the Azawak. These students are also inspiring students outside of the Montessori spectrum. A public school in New Jersey raised over $2000 in A Walk For Water. This web of change and response continues to spread.

During the 2006-2007 school year, students around the world have raised approximately $20,000 (we are still receiving funds and calculating the total!) by collaborating on this project for the people of the Azawak. Find out more on the Montessori Students and the Amman Imman Project blog. Also, discover the beauty and the challenges of the people in the Azawak, and how Amman Imman's project in the region will help save and improve their lives, on the Amman Imman website.