Always thought you’d like to volunteer with Mali Rising but weren’t sure how to do it? Join us for this quick orientation to the current openings for volunteers! We are a fun group of people and volunteers tackle tasks that really matter to our students and to our success. Most of our volunteer opportunities are virtual and several are good for groups.

This 30-minute Zoom call will give you a chance to learn a little about the role volunteers play at Mali Rising (hint: it is a huge role!) and to explore 7 ways you could get involved today. Future volunteer sessions will dig deeper on various options, but this is a great way to find out if there is a volunteer role that inspires you!

Register below and we will send you the Zoom information two to three days before the call. Thank you!

Please note: this event is at 5pm eastern/4pm central/3pm mountain/2pm pacific

Join us for the free Gift of Education Days Party, where Mali Rising’s friends will come together to kick off a new school year in Mali. We will treat you to a special, short video tour of one of our schools (featuring several of our teachers and students) and take your questions about school life in Mali. We will also celebrate the end of our Gift of Education fundraising challenge and cheer for three award-winning Mali Rising volunteers. All in just a quick 30 minutes of your Sunday afternoon.

During the event we will:

• Explore one of our schools -- Judge Memorial Middle School -- with a fun video tour.

• Answer your questions about what it is like to go to school in a small Malian village.

• Honor this year's Rising Spirit Volunteer Award recipients -- Tim Gibson (Spirit of Community) and the students and faculty of Judge Memorial High School (Spirit of Giving).

• Celebrate our plans for the coming school year in Mali

This online event is perfect for:

• Anyone curious about life in one of our Malian schools

• Parents and kids wanting to explore how other kids get an education

• Those pining for international travel after so long of staying home

• People interested in getting to know more about being involved in Mali Rising

This virtual event will be the celebratory end of our The Gift of Education: Three Days of Giving Challenge running November 11 through 13. We will share more details about those days shortly (spoiler: it is a great chance to be part of supporting our students in the coming school year!). Although the Gift of Education Days Party celebrates the end of our giving days, you do NOT have to give to participate…although we sure hope you do. ;)

It’s free, it’s fun, and it’s easy to join us — sign up for the Gift of Education Days Party below.

RSVP here

Note: This event is at 1pm pacific/2pm mountain/3pm central/4pm eastern

Some of our supporters were really inspired by Melinda Gates' book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World. We decided it would be fun to have a book group-like discussion and connect some of the themes from the book with Mali Rising's work and your support. Please join us!

Not sure if you want to participate? Read a little about the book and some reviews on Good Reads. It is a surprisingly easy read and some of us (the geeks) even think it could qualify as a summer beach read. :)

This event is free and will be fun and informal. We think you’ll get the most out of the event if you’ve read the book, but even if you don't we think you'll find the discussion edifying. RSVP below to save your space.

DATE CHANGE

Note: this event is at 4pm pacific/5pm mountain/6pm central/7pm eastern

We want our volunteers to feel connected with the people and place they are volunteering for! So join us for a casual, fun night of learning more about Mali and its people. We’ll share information about history, culture, geography, and more and enjoy a little interactive, friendly competition to show off what you’ve learned.

RSVP today as space is limited:

Open only to Mali Rising Youth Ambassadors; no registration required. Youth Ambassadors: If you are looking for the Zoom link visit your Behind-The-Scenes page.

Note the meeting time is 2pm Pacific/3pm mountain/4pm central/5pm eastern.

Join us for our March Youth Ambassador video call! Our agenda (subject to change):

• Updates on Project 3 and wrap up details

• Guest speaker: TBA, Working for an international NGO

• Video presentation of answers to your questions from February, featuring Mali students, teachers, and staff

Questions? Contact Merritt at merritt @ malirisingfdn.org or 801-810-4525.

Open only to Mali Rising Youth Ambassadors; no registration required. Youth Ambassadors: If you are looking for the Zoom link visit your Behind-The-Scenes page.

Note the meeting time is 2pm Pacific/3pm mountain/4pm central/5pm eastern.

Join us for our February Youth Ambassador video call! Our agenda (subject to change):

• Project 2 updates and kudos

• Discussion and vote on Project 3

• Special topic: Leadership for do-gooders

• Your questions for our students, teachers, and staff

Questions? Contact Merritt at merritt @ malirisingfdn.org or 801-810-4525.

NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FULL. HOWEVER, WE WILL RECORD THE ORIENTATION AND CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RECORDING IF YOU STILL WANT TO PARTICPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN. IF SO, USE THE FORM BELOW TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION.

Note: This event is at 4pm Pacific/5pm Mountain/6pm Central/7pm Eastern

Join Mali Rising staff & other volunteers interested in volunteering for our Read to Mali Campaign. We’ll talk about why your story-reading skills are needed, what kinds of books/poems to tackle, how to record and submit your story, and more.

NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FULL. HOWEVER, WE WILL RECORD THE ORIENTATION AND CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE RECORDING IF YOU STILL WANT TO PARTICPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN. IF SO, USE THE FORM BELOW TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION:

Note: This event is at 4pm Pacific/5pm Mountain/6pm Central/7pm Eastern

Join Mali Rising staff & other volunteers interested in volunteering for our Menstrual Kit Campaign. We’ll talk about why the kits are critical for our girl students, what a kit is, the basics of how to make a kit, and how to plug into our drive to make 200 kits by May 1st.

THIS SESSION IF FULL AND REGISTRATON IS NOW CLOSED. If you would still like to volunteer, use the form below to email Merritt and we will get you started with a recording of this session.

Note: This event is at 4pm Pacific/5pm Mountain/6pm Central/7pm Eastern

Always thought you’d like to volunteer with Mali Rising but weren’t sure how to do it? Join us for this quick orientation to the current openings for volunteers! We are a fun group of people and volunteers tackle tasks that really matter to our students and to our success. We have updated our volunteer offerings to make them all virtual — covid-safe and open to people all around the country!

This 30-minute Zoom call will give you a chance to learn a little about the role volunteers play at Mali Rising (hint: it is a huge role!) and to explore more than 9 ways you could get involved today. Future volunteer sessions will dig deeper on various options, but this is a great way to find out if there is a volunteer role that inspires you!

Register below and we will send you the Zoom information two days before the call. Thank you.

REGISTER HERE:

Open only to Mali Rising Youth Ambassadors; no registration required. Youth Ambassadors: If you are looking for the Zoom link visit your Behind-The-Scenes page.

Note the meeting time is 2pm Pacific/3pm mountain/4pm central/5pm eastern.

Join us for our January Youth Ambassador video call! Our agenda (subject to change):

• Project 1 update/wrap-up

• Tackling Project 2 together — planning, question and answer, etc.

• Vote on video briefing for January

• Schedule special optional meeting for Mali scavenger hunt

Questions? Contact Merritt at merritt @ malirisingfdn.org or 801-810-4525.

Open only to Mali Rising Youth Ambassadors; no registration required. Youth Ambassadors: If you are looking for the Zoom link visit your Behind-The-Scenes page.

Note the meeting time is 2pm Pacific/3pm mountain/4pm central/5pm eastern.

Join us for our December Youth Ambassador video call! Our agenda (subject to change):

• Project 1 updates

• Discussion and vote on Project 2

• Guest speaker: Adama Traore, Teacher & Health Projects Coordinator. Title: Learning & teaching in Mali.

• Special discussion: What are your leadership challenges so far in your work? Let’s tee-up questions for February guest speaker.

• Schedule special optional meeting for Mali scavenger hunt?

Questions? Contact Merritt at merritt @ malirisingfdn.org or 801-810-4525.

Open only to Mali Rising Youth Ambassadors; no registration required

Note the meeting time is 2pm Pacific/3pm mountain/4pm central/5pm eastern.

Join us for our November Youth Ambassador video call! Our agenda (subject to change):

• Project 1 updates from everyone

• Guest Speaker: Adama Traore, Teacher Project Coordinator, A Typical Mali Classroom Day.

• Special discussion: Learning Service vs. Service Learning

• Gratitude reflection: why do and how to

Questions? Contact Merritt at merritt @ malirisingfdn.org or 801-810-4525.

As of November 1, we are now accepting entries into our Speech Up! Video Contest. You may submit your video between now and January 15, 2021…so get going!

High school students in the United States are eligible to participate. Cash prize and mild fame await! Learn more.

Keeping Girls In School in Mali During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Join us via video link for a discussion with our wonderful Girls’ Project Manger, Hindaty Traore. We will cover the challenges of keeping girls in Mali safe and in school during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how Hindaty is leading our strategies to keep them there.

We promise beautiful photos, engaging stories, and inspiring details about how your support makes a difference in Mali. We will also feature a few ways you can get more involved as a volunteer. We’ll devote plenty of time to answering your questions too — feel free to ask about Mali culture, programming, Hindaty’s stories from the field or anything you are curious about.

RSVP here using the form below, and we’ll send you the video link info a few days before the video call. (Please note: we use the now-ubiquitous Zoom app for our calls, so most of you will be familiar with how to get on!)

Also note that the call is at Noon pacific/1 pm mountain/2pm central/3 pm eastern. The chat will last an about hour, but we will stay on the line a longer if you all have many questions.

Open only to Mali Rising Youth Ambassadors; no registration required

Note the meeting time is 2pm Pacific/3pm mountain/4pm central/5pm eastern.

Join us for our first Youth Ambassador video call! Our agenda:

• Introductions

• Q & A about Ambassador year and logistics

• Overview of Mali Rising & our work (check out the About section of the webpage)

• Kick off work on our very first project (learn more about the Speech Up! Video Contest)

Questions? Contact Merritt at merritt @ malirisingfdn.org or 801-810-4525.

Join us via video link for a chat with our wonderful Teachers’ Project Coordinator, Adama Kone. Adama coordinates our Health Project (as well as the Teachers’ Project) so he will share the latest on what we’re doing in Mali about COVID-19.

This will be a fun, interactive talk about the work and how your support makes a difference in Mali. We will also feature a few ways you can get more involved as a volunteer. We’ll devote plenty of time to answering your questions too — feel free to ask about Mali culture, programming, or anything you are curious about.

RSVP here using the form below, and we’ll send you the video link info a few days before the video call. (Please note: we use an easy, free-to-you video link service called Zoom…now everyone seems to know what Zoom is!

Also note that the call is at 10 am pacific/11 mountain/Noon central/1 pm eastern. The chat will last an hour, but we will stay on the line a bit longer if you all have many questions.

Note: This event is subject to cancellation, depending on the situation with Covid-19. We will send an update to RSVPers a few days before the event.

Join a great group of volunteers to assemble menstrual kits that help our female students stay in school. The kit pieces will already be made (email Merritt if you have sewing skills and would like to be part of making the pieces), but we need a group of ready hands to assemble the pieces into full-fledged kits.

No special skills required, and this event is great for ages 10 and up. We need 4 to 7 volunteers for this event, so please RSVP today using the form below. If you have to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible!

The event will be held in a private home in Salt Lake City (Sugarhouse area), so we will share the address with RSVPers.

Join us via video link for a fun chat with our wonderful Girls’ Project Coordinator, Hindaty Traore. This is a great way to learn more about the importance of girls’ education and our great Girls’ Project without leaving the comfort of your home!

We promise beautiful photos, engaging stories, and inspiring details about how your support makes a difference in Mali. We will also feature a few ways you can get more involved as a volunteer. We’ll devote plenty of time to answering your questions too — feel free to ask about Mali culture, programming, Hindaty’s stories from the field or anything you are curious about.

RSVP here using the form below, and we’ll send you the video link info a few days before the video call. (Please note: we use an easy, free-to-you video link service called Zoom. Most people find it easy to use from their computer, phone, or tablet.)

Also note that the call is at 10 am pacific/11 mountain/Noon central/1 pm eastern. The chat will last an hour, but we will stay on the line a bit longer if you all have many questions.