21-05-2025
In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands
MOUNTOUGOULA, Mali — For Aminata Doumbia, an 18-year-old Malian, the 'Shifin ni Tagne' project was a path for her life dreams. A phrase meaning 'our future' in the country's main local language, it refers to a yearslong program aimed at teaching around 20,000 young Malians to read and write in their local languages.
