Association COTE COUR was formed in June 2011 by Mama Koné, an Actress and a Director with the aim of contributing to improving the standard of living of women and their strong involvement in the socio-economic and cultural development of their communities. The grant awarded is to support the cost of catering for 11 women who were stranded in Bamako after an AWDF supported training due to border closure. The grant will be used to support the stranded participants’ feeding, accommodation, medical bills, and transportation back to their countries of origin and administrative cost.