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Les zones humides du Sud Bénin sont les plus densément peuplées. De nombreux Béninois dépendent de l'eau et de la pêche. Or, ces ressources doivent être gérées...

Le programme d’aménagement des zones humides (PAZH) vise la mise en œuvre d’un programme de mise en valeur, de promotion, de réhabilitation et de conservation de la diversité biologique dans les zones humides du Sud Bénin. Les participants et le staff du projet relatent leurs expériences

Les zones humides du Sud Bénin sont soumises à une forte pression démographique: les ressources naturelles sont menacées de surexploitation si aucune mesure de gestion viable des ressources n'est aujourd'hui mise en place. Les habitants des régions humides et le gouvernement béninois exposent leurs vues.

The entire village waits impatiently under a big tree which serves as the public meeting place. It is sowing season in Sawlakpa village, Djidja district, and the community are eager to get to the fields, though not before their children have been immunized.

A group of women in a remote rural area of Benin are pooling their resources at a new fish-smoking centre. Modern smoking techniques mean lower costs, better prices in the market-place and reduced health risks from sight-damaging smoke.

IFAD's microfinance and marketing project has allowed microentrepreneurs to obtain loans and acquire marketing skills. "Thanks to this loan, I have been able to send my children to school, to buy better food and to improve the living standards of my family," says Elisabeth, a village entrepreneur.

With a 100-bed dormitory, a dining hall, a library and administrative blocks, street children of Segbeya district and other poor areas of Cotonou now have a place to call home.

This activity started in 1997 to issue loans to very poor persons in disadvantaged communities to help them raise their revenue levels and encourage them to participate in local development. Under this activity, Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) created a local micro-finance institution (MFI) called Micro-Bank

Cotonou est construite sur un tapis d'ordures. Chaque terrain, chaque chaumière nouvellement érigée dans la métropole du Bénin repose littéralement sur un remblai de déchets.