Amman Imman means Water is Life. Montessori students worldwide are joining with Ariane Kirtley. Program Director of Amman Imman: Water is Life to save lives by building permanent water sources for the people in the Azawak region of West Africa.
1) My upcoming fundraising trip to the states for which I ask your help to make it the most worthwhile and successful possible.2) Your online vote so that Amman Imman may win $1000 and at the same time gain notoriety within the world of non profit organizations. **
Dear Friends of the Azawak,Before I begin with my two major themes for this email. I want to share good news: today we received a call from the department of hydraulics in Abalak informing us that the borehole in Tangarwashane is functioning properly and that everyone is in good health grateful and well hydrated! We also spoke with our local connection. Moustapha who has recently returned from the Azawak and confirmed this good news. Ok now for the pressing topics:1) Fundraising in the USA: I will be in the USA as of early October until November 8th traveling around the USA raising money for Amman Imman. I am presently working on a travel itinerary with speaking engagements that will best expose Amman Imman to potential donors meanwhile raising awareness about the the Azawak. Debbie Kahn a major leader of Montessori/Amman Imman partnership spent 10 days with me in France last month reviewing over 13 hours of video footage and helping to select photos from the five months of our work in Niger for the Azawak. We have a great deal of new and enlightening material to show not only of the living conditions in the Azawak during the dry season when water is most scarce but also of our work constructing the Tangarwashane borehole. I am eager to share these images and information to as many media outlets institutions foundations schools churches and individuals as possible! Please help!Now that you have been able to witness our success at Tangarwashane you may want to contribute directly. You can also greatly help us by connecting Amman Imman with possible future donors and helping to set up meetings and presentations that could significantly facilitate Amman Imman's fundraising and awareness raising efforts. The Amman Imman team worked exceptionally hard to bring water to the region of Tangarwashane. People in the region now have enough crystal clean water to drink bathe with and give to their animals. We will ensure success through follow up visits and continued training of the management committee and community. The team is eager to help save more lives by building additional water sources. Please help in whatever way you can make my fundraising trip to the USA successful so that we may soon have enough money to return to the Azawak with hope and water!2) Help Amman Imman win $1000 by casting your vote!Between now and Sept. 14. Amman Imman has been entered to win a grant of $1,000 through a. The grant will be awarded to the proposal that gets the most votes on Facebook during this time period. The theme for the two week period that began on Sept.1 is Change your Water World offered to organizations providing solutions to make a difference in the lives of people and communities who do not have access to clean safe water. Amman Imman is only 36 votes behind 2nd place and could easily win first place if we all vote! Your votes must be cast before September 14 th. Let's not hold back… this voting process takes very little time and will cost you nothing! Please and recruit at least 4 more Facebook friends to vote for Amman Imman's proposal with the intention of casting a larger light around the cause of bringing water to the Azawak. The grant is small yet sizable and winning would put Amman Imman into a recognizable position that could attract more attention in the non profit world. It will also bring us just that much closer to building our second permanent water source thereby saving more lives. PLEASE take a few minutes of your precious time to recruit your friends on Facebook and/or send emails! Direct people to this link and ask them to vote: I apologize for making the focus of this email a financial one! We dream that Amman Imman will flourish in water bearing activity and this depends greatly on the money that we are able to raise. I send you all my gratitude. Peace,Ariane
Imagine spending all your time in seething hot temperatures searching for water to keep your children and animals alive... Imagine your life at the mercy of the environment held hostage by whether or not it rains... Imagine your brothers and sisters dying because they don't have even a simple glass of water to drink.... Imagine... Please share this movie with others and let them know they can be part of the solution for people who have no water by joining with development organization.
Use this tool to learn about the project and present the story of the people of the Azawak! : Download this file for your students to present the project to other students ages 8 -12.: Download this file for your students to present to Middle School and older audiences.(Download as ppt file to get scripts.)
The photo on the top shows Mariama drinking clean water that came from the Amman Imman borehole at Tangarwashane. The photo on the bottom shows a child drinking muddy water because he still does not have access to clean water.
Please remember: Many more boreholes are needed to meet the needs of the 500,000 people who live in the Azawak region!! Please and help save lives!
August 31. 2007: Students at four Montessori schools in New Zealand walk through the streets of Wellington in A Walk for Water. They raised $NZ4500. Read about it. May 24. 2007:Students at Lawrence Intermediate School in Lawrenceville. NJ raised $2,141 in A Walk For Water. Read about their walk. They also attracted the attention of local TV and newspaper.
May 12. 2007: Over 100 people including students their parents their teachers and their friends participated in A Walk For Water. $6,185 was raised through sponsorships solicited by the students. Read about the walk and see more pictures in this post: . To view a video slide show of A Walk For Water in Maryland please (password=educakit).
Contribute stories of your students learning about the people of the Azawak region educating the greater community about their plight and raising money to bring them water.
Explore the section of this blog for movies media articles powerpoint presentations that can be used to learn about and present the project.
You can make your donation directly to Amman Imman by clicking Remember to designate "Montessori Amman Imman" on both your checks and web donations.
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