BIO-BENIN's mission is to empower students to earn a living and to create employment in Benin, West Africa. We do this by providing training in organic farming and raising fish, poultry and rabbits. We also train students in culinary arts to prepare farm-to-table restaurant food and we produce the first craft beer in Benin, teaching apprentices to do the same.
Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:
By Julie Wang | Chairman, Board of Directors, Bio-Benin
Ghislain, Benjamin and Aimée, three of Bio-Benin's latest graduates in culinary arts, proudly display their certification from the government -- proof that after three years of intense... Read the full report ›By Julie Wang | Chairman of the Board, Bio-Benin
Aimée is a talented and hard-working young woman in her early 20's, already married with a young child. Her determination to succeed led her to enroll in Bio-Benin's three-year training program... Read the full report ›By Margaret Dunham | Vice-President, Board of Directors
Bio-Benin's care for the environment is starting to pay off. One day last summer, 25 volunteers from Switzerland, France, Canada and Benin came together to plant some 500 tree seedlings of Kapok trees... Read the full report ›
