Mali institutionalised solidarity month in 2001
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bamada.net
Malian President Alpha Oumar Konaré launched October as a month dedicated to solidarity and the fight against exclusion in 1995. The government officially institutionalised it through Decree No. 01-468 of 27 September 2001, an initiative that broadened the actions and groups involved, according to Bamada.net.
Mali institutionalised October as the Month of Solidarity and the Fight against Exclusion in 2001, Bamada.net reports. The initiative was launched in 1995 by President Alpha Oumar Konaré to raise awareness of the need to organise solidarity more effectively.
The observance has encouraged more actors beyond the state to take part in solidarity initiatives, as well as greater consideration of different groups and types of intervention, according to Bamada.net.
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