Donations raised so far: $1064.00

** Update! ** 

Michael Cracknell, the Secretary General of Enda, has told us that a small Enda team has visited the village of Jama and discussed with local men and women what sort of project they'd like us to fund.  The consensus was that our funds would be best used to renovate the school, which caters for eighty children aged six to twelve in several classes.  The school needs repainting, washrooms and some minor refurbishments.  Enda will keep us posted.  Watch this space.  If you can, please donate!

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Wood Brothers want to improve living conditions in the Tunisian village of Jama. They are raising money that will be used either to renovate Jama's school or improve their water system. 
 
Wood Brothers need to raise $3,000 to undertake one of these projects. Please donate to the cause by clicking the Donate button above. This is an enitrely independent Wood Brothers fund raiser - it is not officially endorsed by the BBC.

Enda inter-arabe, which will be handling the project, is an international microfinance institution which has been operating in Tunisia since 1990. Today it serves 130 000 micro-entrepreneurs throughout the country from 57 branches with a staff of 750. enda was recently classified 21st out of the 100 most efficient micro-finance institutions in the world. In July 2010 it received an “alpha” financial rating and 4.5 stars out of a possible 5 for its social performance. For more on ENDA: http://www.endarabe.org.tn/

The Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) which provides objective data and analysis on microfinance providers gave ENDA 5 Diamond certificates, the highest level of transparency awarded. The MIX report on ENDA is here: http://www.mixmarket.org/mfi/enda
 
The village of Jama is thought to be the location of the Battle of Zama, Hannibal's final defeat in the Second Punic War against the Romans.