The Friends of
Bonou
Welcome to the Friends of Bonou
We are a small Oxford-based charity composed of volunteers and friends who work in direct partnership with the local community in Bonou, a village in the south of the Republic of Bénin, in West Africa.
Latest News:
Friends of Bonou win bid for Kennington Overseas Aid
The Friends of Bonou have been successful in obtaining the
support of Kennington Overseas Aid for an educational project in Dangbo, a large
village next to Bonou. Kennington is an extremely dynamic village situated a few
miles from Oxford who has been raising money since 1969, through various village
activities organised every summer (Village Fete, silent auction, family fun run,
garden party, kids concert, summer charity shop etc) in favour of a different
project every year in the developing world. They raise about £ 20,000 a year and
this year, it will go to the project we submitted for Dangbo in order to improve
educational opportunities of the 56 primary schools and of the Lycée (Secondary
School). Girls' Training Centre opened in Bonou The new Training Centre for girls, funded by Friends of
Bonou, officially opened in December opened for students in April.
Read more on
both these items in Newsletter No 18
Meet Friends of Bonou on the third Saturday of
each month at Chipping Norton Farmers' Market and on Sunday mornings at
Wolvercote Organic Farmers Market.