Benin/ Keeping girls in school and female leadership at the heart of a caravan of the SWEDD Project in Natitingou

Published on 14/01/2022 | La rédaction

Benin

In the framework of the implementation of the component 1 of the Project for Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend in the Sahel (SWEDD-Benin), a national caravan dedicated to the stronger together communication campaign for girls' education and women's leadership, criss-crossed the city of Natitingou on Thursday, with awareness and sensitization sessions at the General Education Colleges 1 and 3 and at the Girls' High School of the locality.

At the crossroads of the Kaba stele, the departmental directorate of agriculture, livestock and fisheries, and the fork in the road paved with the "Ecobanc" traffic circle to go back up the interstate road at the stadium, the caravan with the colors and slogans of the SWEDD Project, went around the city of Natitingou, under the leadership of a strong team of the project and the At the stadium, the caravan with the colors and slogans of the SWEDD Project, went around the city of Natitingou, under the leadership of a strong team of the project and the departmental management of social affairs and microfinance of Atacora. Both at Ceg 1 and 3, as well as at the girls' high school in Natitingou, the messages revolved around girls' education and female leadership, the need for girls to abstain and focus on their studies.

"SWEDD is a project that the government has put in place, to accompany and keep girls in school, to allow them to be autonomous and to have a dignity The project gives school kits and food to girls to enable them to stay in school.The project also works in favor of unschooled or uneducated girls by allowing them, through training, to be socially, economically and financially dignified, to contribute to the development of their localities, and to be able to participate in the development of their communities.The Program Officer in charge of component 2 of the project, Dr. Prince Eugène Adjovi, explained in substance.

The Director of the Department of Social Affairs and Microfinance of Atacora, for his part, recalled the mission of the said department. "A child does not make a child, a child goes to school and works well, a child learns a trade, a child must prepare for his future," sensitized Guy Joël Sèna, before urging learners to attend the social promotion center.

At each step, the head of the component 1 of the SWEDD project, Mireille Bio Idrissou, made all the learners aware of the responsible behaviors to adopt in order to finish their studies and ensure a better future.

The director of the general education college 1 of Natitingou, Saïbou Tapsoba, the director of Ceg 3, Kamarou Toukourou, and the principal of the girls' high school, Karimatou Assouma, praised the commitment of the SWEDD project and especially the actions of the government in favor of girls. The girls were receptive to the messages and pleaded for the continuation of the project's actions.

Source: www.agencebeninpresse.info


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