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Partner

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The Sponsor

Name : Débora Louis
Brand : CFAO
Note from the sponsor : I discovered this project during my November 2006 solidarity leave with "Planète Urgence" in Tanguieta. I have set my heart on it, because I have seen how difficult women's conditions can be in remote African villages: unlike boys, education is forbidden for most girls and they are often married during their adolescent years. Thanks to this structure, they will be able to access education and emancipation. These girls will become the future teachers and nurses of their region and will in turn spread the benefits of education all around them. They are the future of Africa.

Staff Project /
2007

Field	Women's rights
Country	Benin
City	Tanguieta
Beneficiaries	12 to 17-year old girls from the Anandana district
Number	Less than 10

The Project

Purposes

To build an additional housing centre for young girls from Copargo, so they can go to school. Because of a rural environment in which girls' education is not a priority, of early marriages often used in the manner of trade, of very low family income, of young girls' flight to urban centres and finally because of the lack of housing, the women's illiteracy rate is extremely high in this region (98% in 2003). Built in collaboration with "Planète Urgence", the boarding school already comprises a dormitory, a classroom, a bathroom, a kitchen and a flat for the teacher in charge.