Education  Benin Project #67082

Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin

by Three Sisters Trois Soeurs Foundation
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin
Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin

Project Report | May 29, 2025
What happens when class is out?

By Judith Vlafonou, Marcy O'Neil, Rajalakshmi Nadadur | Project Leaders

A group of smiling children playing tug-of-war
A group of smiling children playing tug-of-war

At Three Sisters, we know that learning doesn’t stop when tutoring ends. It continues in the playful tug-of-war under the mango tree, in afternoons spent sketching dreams of flying, in the careful rhythm of a young girl braiding hair with precision and pride. 

When we asked our students what they love to do for fun, the answers came quickly: play games, dance, draw, read, laugh, tell stories. And when we asked what they want to be when they grow up? A pilot. A hairstylist. A teacher. A lawyer. A doctor. A soccer star.

Every time they show up to tutoring, they’re also showing up for those dreams. Thank you for being part of the village that’s cheering them on.

We're wrapping up the school year with most kids finishing within a few weeks. This year we also have five students taking the CEP exam that marks the end of primary school and will allow them to enter secondary school. We have four students taking the BEPC exam that will allow them to enter upper secondary school. Join us in wishing them all well and happy school break to everyone! Bonne chance!

 

Curious how our storytelling work began?
Check out this LinkedIn post about the very first Books That Bind project—a story full of local wisdom, laughter, and community spirit.

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Family first! Two girls hugging in the courtyard
Family first! Two girls hugging in the courtyard
Future pilot draws an airplane on the chalkboard
Future pilot draws an airplane on the chalkboard
Future coiffeuse (hairstylist) braiding hair
Future coiffeuse (hairstylist) braiding hair

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Three Sisters Trois Soeurs Foundation

Location: Rochester Hills, MI - USA
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Project Leader:
Marcy Hessling ONeil
Rochester Hills , MI United States

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