Batonga Foundation

  • A Advocate
  • I Implementer
  • R Researcher
Description

The Batonga Foundation was founded by Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter, Angelique Kidjo, with the mission to equip the hardest-to-reach girls and women with knowledge and skills they need to be agents of change in their own lives and communities. Batonga envisions a safer, healthier and more equitable world in which all girls and women can thrive. We work with the most vulnerable girls and young women in Benin to help them move from a state of poverty, isolation, and vulnerability to one of social and economic empowerment.

Primary Functions
  • Awareness Raising/Advocacy
  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
  • Networking/Convening
  • Research - project evaluation
Geographic Scope
  • Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion
Other
  • Transition from school to work
Other skills
  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training
Quality
  • School quality
Skills
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
Cross-cutting topics addressed
  • Adolescent pregnancy/childbearing
  • Early/child marriage
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Empowerment
  • Food/water security
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Mentorship
  • Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls’ education funders

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website

Batonga Foundation


Headquarters location(s)
  • Cotonou, Littoral, Benin
  • Washington, D.C., , United States of America
Office location(s)
  • Benin
  • United States of America
Contacts
Emily Strange
Marketing & Development Officer
emilystrange@batongafoundation.org
+12024034788
Batonga Foundation

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Benin
Projects Back to Top