Supporting village children into school in Benin
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| Organization | HANDS AROUND THE WORLD |
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| Region | Kenya |
| Website | Website |
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| ProjectLeader | Bridget Higginson |
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This project aims to get poor rural children cared for and into school. We support Chez Papa Geoff as a residential unit for up to 24 orphaned and vulnerable children. Older children are sponsored into apprenticeships or further education. We also support the development of an agricultural programme to help the long-term sustainability of the project.
Challenge
Benin is a poor African country and orphaned children are often the most vulnerable, as are children with disabilities. We are supporting a local group which helps these most disadvantaged children, so that they may get in to school, access accommodation and / or treatment if required, and then later go on to vocational training or further education.
Long-Term Impact
We hope that enabling larger numbers of children to access education will significantly impact on their lives. Particularly, educating girls is well known to have a dramatically beneficial effect on the health and well-being of the next generation, including improving child and maternal mortality rates.
References
Project Gallery
The new Seed Drill in action
Children at Chez Papa Geoff
Crossing the River Oueme
Rosalie and the children perform a welcome dance
Enjoying an outing to the farm
Helping on the farm
... always a good lunch at CPG thanks to the farm!
