It is often necessary to adapt to survive in a modern world, but adapting with pride in one’s cultural heritage intact can make the transition less painful and at the same time enrich the outside world.

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NEWSLETTER: October 2009

MEDICAL CLINIC OPENS AT TAMESNA

WE ARE NOW BUILDING:

A CENTER FOR NOMADIC LIFE at TAMESNA

How to help: DONATE

GOATS FOR IFEROUANE

Buy ANIMALS for nomads

Buy products: TSHIRTSART

Donate to: IMALOLE

MOVIES:

TAMESNA CLINIC 2009

WATER IS LIFE

WODAABE SEWING CO-OP

TAMESNA CENTER 2008

NIGER: Land of Nomads 2007

NIGER: Rich Land Poor Land 2005


BOOKS TO PURCHASE:

Press: The New York Times

Photos: 2008 20062005

Touareg Music: Tidawt listen to and purchase music

Travel to Niger: Nomad Adventures

The Art of Leslie Clark: Nomadgal.com


About Us:

Leslie Clark; founder

Sidi Mamane; Rep in Niger

Board of Directors

Friends and partners

Newsletter 2008

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TEN YEARS OF WORK

28 Cement Wells

26 Cereal Banks

5 Schools built

8 schools annual support

16 animal fodder banks

14,000 animals vaccinated

6 women's co-operatives

502 animals purchased

first medical clinic for nomads

Seeking to balance cultural tradition... with economic opportunity

These will soon be available to all nomads in one location along the annual migration route at the:

TAMESNA CENTER FOR NOMADIC LIFE

The NOMAD Foundation
The NOMAD Foundation • 307 E. Ojai Ave. #103 • Ojai, CA 93023 Tel. 805 646 1706 • 501(c)(3) Tax ID 20-8170046

In search of pasture, the nomadic Touareg and Wodaabe of Niger roam the Sahara desert. Largely ignored and unassisted, they inhabit the most desolate part of a destitute country ranked the worst place on earth to be a mother or child.

The NOMAD Foundation has worked for 10 years in Niger, helping the nomads support themselves using expertise that has sustained them for centuries.

We focus on these five essentials:

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