Mandjou Mara Djembefola - Giving to Guinea!

WONGAI AFRICA, LLC
Mandjou Mara, Djembefola & Griot

"There are no boundaries in the language of music." Mandjou Mara

Madison, WI
ph: 608 609 2014
alt: 608 216 5332
mandjoujembefolas@yahoo.fr

Giving to Guinea!

We are pleased to partner with Guinea Kids Education Fund, an organization devoted to assisting and empowering the community by increasing the percentage of children attending and succeeding in school. Participating students receive funding for educational resources, school tuition, school supplies, uniforms, and shoes.

Cherokee Heights Middle School

Supports GKEF

See the WKOW Channel 27 interview.

Cherokee Heights Middle School lent GKEF a helping hand through a penny drive raising $814.41 and student made books for the GKEF homework center library. Thank you Cherokee students, staff, and parents for your support!

Cherokee students from Ms. Sloan's, Mme Blanchard's, and Ms. Kadakia's classes wrote books which Ms. Kadakia delivered to the GKEF students and staff.

GKEF students, staff Soumah and Francois, founder Marissa Baratian, board member Sarah Lee Koumbassa, Mandjou Mara and teacher Maya Kadakia are pictured above with the books from Cherokee students.

Groovin' for Guinea 2010 Highlights
Groovin' for Guinea 2010 was a huge success! We raised over $1400 which will provide a complete education for one student in Guinea, and will support the education of others. Thank you Madison!
Our three events included Dance Class taught by Maya, Bands at the High Noon Saloon and a West African Dinner and Dance Performance.
The lineup at the High Noon included: Chafo, Mandjou and Mamadou telling the story of Sundiata,

Limanya and

Kikeh Mato,

and Tani Diakite and Friends.
Our West African Dinner was also a tasty and inspiring event thanks to our volunteer cooks, The Crossing, Slow Food UW and Slow Food Madison, Limanya and of course our attendees!