This detailed and informative resource focuses on groups of people living in Mali and Burkina Faso. Pupils find out about their lives and decide how they would respond in the same situations. Activities range from role play and debate to groupwork and research. Development issues covered include girls' education, income generation, living with disability, moving to a city and environmental education. My Village, My Life features

* Three main activities which include:
- a role play about a mother weighing up the odds for and against sending her young daughter to school,
- a classroom discussion about the choices a young disabled weaver faces and
- a debate as to whether or not to plant trees on a part of your land
Each situation comes with four role sheets that give a thumbnail sketch of one person and have questions to answer.

* three short activities,a photo exercise and a simple cause-and-effect exercise about the environment.

* CD containing all the resource sheets as Word documents and a variety of photos

* a flexible yet in-depth approach

* topic sheets for further information.