http://moreschooling.com/2009/11/bbc-world-service-meets-barth-and-students More Schooling, Acting in Solidarity with APEED Benin Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://moreschooling.com/2009/11/bbc-world-service-meets-barth-and-students#comment-69 Anna Obura Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:27:10 +0000 http://moreschooling.com/?p=155#comment-69 It's amazing: an NGO run by children for children! These children found a way of heoping each other out, to stay in school - with NO HELP from adults except the kind shopkeepers who gave some exercise books, and a couple of sympathetic local authority officers who got some school fees waived for the neediest children. Surely this group needs some recognition and more help. Now the leader, Barth, is in his early twenties - and the group is still going! The World Bankand donors are always looking for 'sustainability'. Well, here is a remarkably sustained effort - by children. Yet they have attracted NO financial assistance at all from donors working in Benin or from international NGOs working there... It’s amazing: an NGO run by children for children! These children found a way of heoping each other out, to stay in school - with NO HELP from adults except the kind shopkeepers who gave some exercise books, and a couple of sympathetic local authority officers who got some school fees waived for the neediest children. Surely this group needs some recognition and more help. Now the leader, Barth, is in his early twenties - and the group is still going! The World Bankand donors are always looking for ’sustainability’. Well, here is a remarkably sustained effort - by children. Yet they have attracted NO financial assistance at all from donors working in Benin or from international NGOs working there…

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