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
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
- Benin