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Fourth ‘All Girls to School’ campaign launches in Benin
TOVIKLIN, Benin, 22 October 2008 – “We want to go to school, achieve primary education, and go forward in order to become ministers, civil servants, teachers, physicians, top executives,” sang 12 young girls from Toviklin, a rural town in the southwest of Benin.
Benin conducts anti-malaria bednet campaign to save children's lives
OUIDAH, Benin, 22 October 2007 – Benin has begun one of biggest anti-malaria campaigns ever organized in that country. More than 1.6 million long lasting insecticide-treated bednets with the potential to protect 90 per cent of Benin’s children, have been given out from 4,000 distribution posts nationwide by 28,000 distributors.
In Benin, Angélique Kidjo visits centres for trafficked and abused children
COTONOU, Benin, 4 October 2007 – At the Laura Vicuna Centre for child rehabilitation here in Cotonou, UNICEF Goodwill Angélique Kidjo held in her arms a sobbing Rosine, 13, who had just bravely told her story of abuse.
In West Africa flood response, UNICEF focuses on the most vulnerable children
NEW YORK, 25 September 2007 – Four weeks of heavy flooding have taken a damaging toll on countries in West and Central Africa, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced, several hundred killed, and homes and farmland swept away.
Angélique Kidjo raises awareness on child rights in her native Benin
SÔ-AVA, Benin, 13 September 2007 – World renowned singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo is in her home country of Benin this week to raise awareness about child rights. As part of her tour, she will visit communities across the nation, talking to leaders and parents about the benefits of education for all – especially girls.
‘Les inséparables’ films help combat child trafficking in Benin and worldwide
COTONOU, Benin, 10 July 2007 – ‘Les inséparables’ tells the story of brother and sister Yawa, 12, and Abi, 9, who are sold to a female child trafficker by their father without their mother’s knowledge.
Donation from the Netherlands supports girls’ education campaign in Benin
COTONOU, Benin, 10 August 2006 – A generous donation of $7.6 million from the Government of the Netherlands is helping UNICEF kickstart the ’All girls to school’ campaign in Benin.
West and Central African nations join forces to end child trafficking
ABUJA, Nigeria, 7 July 2006 – A multilateral accord against the trafficking of women and children was signed here yesterday, as UNICEF and its partners spearheaded a joint ministerial conference of 26 West and Central African countries, representatives of European governments, the International Labour Organization and the UN Office against Drugs and Crime.
Alone in Benin, a Togolese teen finds refuge and the courage to return home
ANEHO, Togo, 22 May 2006 – The heat is oppressive here in Aneho, a small, quiet town. It is hard to imagine that just over a year ago the streets were filled with noise and rage.
Benin launches UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS
COTONOU, Benin, 4 January 2006 – More than a thousand people, including students, government officials and UNICEF staff, were present at the French Cultural Centre of Cotonou to kick off the UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS campaign in Benin.
Togolese refugee children back to school
LOKOSSA REFUGEE CAMP, Benin, 31 May 2005 - In a dusty courtyard in the Lokossa refugee camp, a former palm tree plantation in southwest Benin, over 1000 children between the ages of four and 18 are about to go back to school.
