Last Saturday, May 25th, Save Our Needy was at Gbodje Public
Primary School, Cococodji, Benin Republic to donate schoolbags to less
privileged children under the 'One Child, One Schoolbag' Project. About 100
children benefited from the project.
This is the second phase of the project initiated and launched by
Save Our Needy in 2011.
The short-term vision of the 'One Child, One Schoolbag' project is
to encourage children from disadvantaged homes to feel the need to attend
school.
The long-term vision is to promote education amongst children from
disadvantaged homes. Save Our Needy also aims to encourage parents enroll their
female children in schools.
We at Save Our Needy believe that it is only through having basic
education that people can truly break the cycle of poverty. How best can we
achieve that than encouraging children to attend school in the most favorable
conditions?
To say the event was a success would be an understatement. Pupils
of Gbodje Public Primary School thrilled the Save Our Needy team and invited
guests with traditional dances and displays. Emotional 'thank you' speeches
were also given by the Head teacher, Mr. Zohoungbogbo, the representative of
the Parents-Teachers Association and the representative of the pupils, little
Miss Esperancia Gbodogli.
Seeing the joy on the faces of the children as they received their
schoolbags, was the most rewarding experience.
Save Our Needy would sincerely like to thank all the people who
believed in us and in the relevance of the 'One Child, One Schoolbag' Project;
all the people who contributed directly and indirectly to the success of the
project. We thank our generous donors: Mr. Cletus Sossouhounto, Mr. Luc Dansou
(CEO, GET MEDICAL, Benin, www.get-medical.com ),
Mr. Alain Assogba (Publisher, 'Le Quotidien' newspaper, Benin), Mr. Hamdi
Zaghbib (2012 President, JCI Metline, Tunisia) and Mr. Andrew Akindele (Senior
Infrastructure Specialist, State of Ohio, USA).
At the end of the day, refreshments were served after the Benin
Republic National Anthem was sung.
It was a day to remember.
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| Schoolbags donated by Save Our Needy to pupils of Gbodje Public Primary School, Benin |
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| Emotional speech (in French) given by Esperancia Gbodogli (representative of Gbodje Public Primary School pupils) |
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| Pupils of Gbodje Public Primary School, Cococodji |
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| Representative of the PTA making his speech |
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| Traditional dance performed by pupils of Gbodje Public Primary School |
| Traditional dance performed by pupils of Gbodje Public Primary School |
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| Beneficiaries of the 'One Child, One Schoolbag' Project expressing their joy & appreciation |
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| Little Miss Esperancia Gbodogli of Gbodje Public Primary School making a speech |
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| A member of the Save Our Needy team presenting a schoolbag to one of the beneficiaries |
| Beneficiaries of the 'One Child, One Schoolbag' Project showing off their new schoolbags |
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| Members of the S.O.N team, Head Teacher, PTA representative, with the CEO, Save Our Needy, Marvella Odili (3rd from right) |
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| Marvella Odili (CEO, Save Our Needy) presenting a schoolbag to one of the beneficiaries of the project |
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| Marvella Odili with little Esperancia Gbodogli |
