Mapping, Targeting, and Training Benin’s Future Leaders

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Batonga strives to go “beyond the paved road,” and reach girls who are “invisible” or typically left out of traditional education and development initiatives. Batonga implemented Mapping, Targeting, and Training Benin’s Future Leaders, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. Goals of this partnership:

  • Identify and engage the most off-track girls (aged 15–24) living in Savalou and Bohicon, Benin in clubs with social and financial-literacy education, a combination of work and life skills, to improve their economic opportunities and future livelihoods.
  • Promote coordination and data-driven approaches to girl-centred programming in Benin and Francophone West Africa. To achieve these goals, Batonga followed a four-phase approach.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Benin

Activity URL

https://mastercardfdn.org/reaching-girls-in-benin-data-driven/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2018 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Other skills
  • Financial literacy
  • Life skills/sexuality education
Cross-cutting areas
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

15 - 24

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

  • N/A
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Mentoring/psychosocial support
  • Peer mentors
Reducing economic barriers
  • Financial literacy training
Social/gender norms change
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
Cross-cutting goals
  • Improved financial literacy and savings