More than three hundred people at the picnic for the children of Benin

On Sunday, July 22, more than three hundred people participated under the sun in the picnic of the Charles de Bellaigue association. The afternoon offered a flea market, a raffle, an angling and Beninese crafts, for young and old.

Valérie de Bellaigue created the association in November 2002 to support children in Benin: literacy, school creation, sponsorships and libraries. The profits were to contribute to the reconstruction of the Houndoun school, valued at fifteen thousand euros, and to the perimeter wall of the Adame-Adato school, valued at nine hundred euros, both located in Bohicon.

The association sponsored one hundred and twenty children in Bohicon, Kandi and Sonsoro. In the spring, young people from Le Havre had completed a two-month school support mission in Bohicon. Two other missions were planned for August in Bohicon and Kandi through the Raid Guild.

Support, financial and material donations were the only resources announced. Membership cost twenty euros, ten for students, and sponsorship fifty euros for a child for one year.

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