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The West African nation of Benin has experienced one of the most stable democracies in all of Africa. Despite this and recent economic growth, Benin remains one of the poorest nations in Africa and the world.

  • Life expectancy at birth is 56.5 years
  • Under-five mortality is 118 deaths per 1,000 live births
  • The average number of years of education for adults is 3.3 years

We will be implementing a new Agriculture project in 2020.

Solar-powered drip irrigation systems significantly enhance household incomes and nutritional intake of villagers in arid sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new Stanford University study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

The  study found that solar-powered pumps installed in remote villages in the West African nation of Benin provide a cost-effective way of delivering much-needed irrigation water, particularly during the long dry season.

Image result for solar powered drip irrigation system Our solar power drip irrigation project will change the way our Agriculture Co-op farm clients are able to manage their farms.  The drip irrigation systems will make the growing seasons longer and more productive.  There are many benefits for our clients in applying this system to their farms.

 

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Agricultural Co-op

Our  Agriculture Loan Program began with a farmers cooperative from the village of Kpe (Zinvie) with 58 farmers. Thirty-seven (37) received loans under the Trust Bank model where each farmer guarantees the others for the 1 year loan which has two payments at 6 and 12 months. These farmers are producing pineapple and papaya which are sold in the international market at Cotonou.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDIC started working in Benin in 2004. We have changed many lives in this country. A few of our Micro-finance clients stories:

Making it a Reality

Mrs. Yvette Alofa, married with children, sells cloths, cereal, and maize. Her business was developing, but, three years ago, her activities had gone into bankruptcy because of motherhood and sickness. She was living in miserable conditions and was not able to take care of her children.

When she heard MEDIC Benin, she entered in AD Womey trust bank and followed all the training. At the end of these training, she received her first loan of 40.000 F CFA ($88.89 USD) and a second loan of 80.000 F CFA ($177.78 USD) that helped her to start again to develop her business. Now she sells more textiles at Cocotomey market six times per month (the market day) and sells cereals and maize at home and from door to door the other days of the month.

She repaid the loan correctly and was able with the income to help her husband and provide for the needs of her family.

She is very happy with this support of MEDIC Benin and she projects to apply, after the repayment of the third loan of 100.000 F CFA, a more important loan to satisfy correctly the demand of her customers and also have more income to provide to the needs of her family.

 

 

Building a Thriving Business

Mrs. AGBODJINOU Joséphine, 42 years old and widow with 4 children, sold seasonings. But, after her husband’s death, she fell in bankruptcy and had to stop her commercial activities completely. She lived with difficulty until she heard about MEDIC Benin. She integrated into the trust bank of TORI and followed all dispensed formations.

At the exit of these formations, she got a credit of $60.00 USD which allowed her to start a merchandising activity with fish, seasoning and the transformation of walnut of palm in red oil.

Her business has been such a success in providing for her family.
Her turnover turns around $120.00 USD per month. After the repayment of her credit that she does without fail she achieves a profit of $24.00 USD per month of which a part is reinvested in her activities.

Otherwise, she succeeds in providing to the needs of her children a little bit. She projects to solicit, after the total repayment of the first credit, a more important loan near MEDIC in order to better satisfy the demand of her customers and also to better provide to the needs of her children.