What do we do?
The Sonagnon Centre.
The Sonagnon Centre, is a vocational training centre which provides a training programme for 20 girls (aged 13-16) every 3 years. It offers 4 different specialisations: food processing, sewing, hairdressing and tie-and-dye. In addition to these vocational skills, the girls are taught literacy, numeracy, basic French, home economics, health awareness, market gardening and basic principles of management of micro-enterprises. When the girls complete their 3-year curriculum they are able to set up a small business and to earn sufficient money to support their own family.
The dormitory completed in January 2011
The inauguration in December 2006
The 3 training activities in the Sonagnon Centre
Some other key projects we have been involved in since July 2003
Funding the construction of a library for the main secondary school in Dangbo in the Bonou region. We were able to do this thanks to Kennington Overseas Aid. KOA is a village-based charity doing all sorts of fund raising activities from March to October which give the money raised to a different project every year in the developing world. Their emphasis is on sustainable development.
Providing medicines and building a new wing to the existing Health Centre in the village:
Providing the 2 basic text books (French and Maths) published in Benin for more than 1200 primary school children in Dangbo districts:
The small school in Mitro and the children welcoming us