Benin Orphanage

Since 2007 we've been able to provide the following to the orphanage:

-Mosquito nets (enough for all of the children to share with extra remaining in case of rips or tears).

-Electricity

-$300/month for food items, firewood for cooking, hospital fees, buying clean water, etc.

-A 30 x 30 metre cement enclosure on new property, the future plot of land for the Providence Orphanage.

- Paid school fees for 2009-2010.  (While primary school remains free for all primary students in Benin, any upper year classes have fees.  Also even primary students are required to buy uniforms and books).

-Clothing & Hand-made quilts to use for cushioning while sleeping on the ground. 

The following are goals we are hoping to achieve:

-Build cement dormitories.  This is our next fundraising effort.  In total it will cost around $71,000 Canadian dollars!

-Continue to pay school fees/hospital fees.

-Eventually help the orphanage become self-sufficient.  Whether through gardening, or breeding pigs, we are hoping that eventually we won't have to send monthly donations to the orphanage, that they will be completely self-sustained.