Little Heroes Academy - Mali, Africa

Little Heroes Foundation (LHF) has partnered with the Mali Rising Foundation (MRF) to build schools in Africa. MRF was established in 2004 to empower and improve the lives of children through education. MRF builds schools in the rural areas of Mali and West Africa so that children can have the opportunity to go to school in their own villages. 

Their model requires that each village must commit 10%, MRF provides the villagers with a press to make bricks to build the school and the villagers use their own resources for the construction process. MRF raises and funds the remaining 90% it costs to build each school. Among other things, they plan medical expeditions two times each year where doctors, dentists and volunteers have the opportunity to travel to Mali at their own expense and treat people in these rural parts of Africa. 
LHF has always believed that partnering up with other elite foundations will create a greater impact and we have been impressed by MRF’s mission and vision. In 2009 LHF will fund and start the construction of a Little Heroes Academy in Mali, Africa. We feel this corresponds with our goals as a foundation at whole and our desire has always been to inspire and improve the lives of children. We feel there are no greater gifts you could give to a child than love and education.