Proyect Materi

Under the aegis of the government of Cantabria, the French school of Bilbao contributed in different plans which have as a common objective, helping in the development of Benin. Benin is a country located in Africa, in the gulf of Guinea between Nigeria and Togo. It is a country which has always attached great importance to education and it is rare to find a village where there is no a primary school. This is important because one of the biggest problems of Africans countries is their high level of an alphabetisation.
However, a quality education encourages children to stay at school and they risk being exploited less or being victims of acts of violence. The actions which allow giving a quality education to the children, have deep and lasting consequences to the society in general. Different actions led by the government of Cantabria with an important collaboration of the French school of Bilbao try to promote these concepts. More précisement Matéri plan.
One of the actions led as part of this plan and with which a bigger is operation “Education with pedals ". It was led to end thanks to the dispatch of 715 bikes which were distributed to the students and to the professors of Matéri. For 200FCFA / month (more or less 30 euro cents), the pupils of the high school will be able to have bikes. Preference will be given to those who live on the centre furthest. The abandonment of studies draws away the loss of right to the tenancy. (Intensification does not make lose the right to the bike.) This action tries to motivate the pupils not leave their studies and to make itself every day to the school to finish their studies and acquire the bike.
Also another led action was that of the collection of pounds. In the secondary school have informs the pupils that all those who would like could give pounds which they do not use any more, to recover them later all and to send them to the Benin.
The difference between humanitarian help and foreign aid well needs to make. This last has as objective to help less developed countries so that they can develop and one day to have the means of food by them without needing to accept helps. A more pronounced help, portrays twinning am under consideration for the next receipts

Beatriz Marquez, Ines Renobales Claudia del Campo