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You may have noticed that our primary website, vafriendsofmali.org, is a little out of whack and out of date. We've decided to call in professional help but hope you find this blog site to be useful in the meantime. One new feature is the Paypal Donate button (over there on the right). We hope you'll use it to help VFOM continue its work Teaching Timbuktu to teachers to strengthen their efforts to teach the Empire of Mali as part of the 3-6th grade social studies SOL.

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