The military coup in Mali, West Africa, has left the Fabric ofLife's trade school in the capital city of Bamako planning forworst case scenarios.

Dedicated to cooperative partnerships that improve people'saccess to affordable credit, education and health care, theFabric of Life is a DBA of the Schillios Development Foundationcreated by long-time credit union and development organizer CarolSchillios.

Schillios started the foundation in 2002 and in addition to theHèrè jè Center, its projects include credit unions in Senegal andVietnam; support for a credit union activist in Zimbabwe; and anonline retail outlet which sells products produced by cooperativeartisans from around the world.

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