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L’Association Malienne pour le Développement Intégré et Participatif (AMADIP) in Mali was founded in 2001 to promote participatory development. AMADIP works in the zones of M’Pessoba, Koutiala, Bougouni and Bamako in Mali. The organization's work focuses on the following areas:

- Education
- Health
- The protection of women's and children's rights
- Rural development and cotton
- The environment: climate change and mining exploitation
- Analysis and advocacy related to the politics of development

In 2004, AMADIP developed a partnership with the Alliance of Community Radios of Mali (ARCOM)to produce a program about children's access to education in Sikasso. AMADIP also conducted a study on the financing of education and the importance of the community schools.

Among it's many activities, AMADIP has also been working to address child labor in the cotton industry in Mali. In 2005, AMADIP conducted three workshops for the women of the cotton-growing community group M’Pewo of M’Pessoba and the worst forms of child labor and relevant international laws. AMADIP's focus as been on increasing the price of cotton paid to farmers so that they can eliminate harmful child labor.