Beyond the ideological imperative to support the call for feminist foreign policies, the Batonga Foundation believes that a U.S. Feminist Foreign Policy can radically change the lives of the hardest-to-reach African girls and women, especially in the post-COVID19 crisis.
Batonga is closely monitoring the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic in Benin. We are updating this post daily with updates on this crisis as it unfolds and how we are responding.
As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds in Benin, Batonga has had to make some necessary adjustments to the operations of our SONAFA Leadership Clubs. Read our latest statement on the COVID-19 outbreak here.
As the COVID-19 virus begins to hit Benin, we have rapidly rolled out a Prevention & Mitigation Plan with our team on the ground in order to ensure the wellbeing and safety of the girls we serve and their communities. As such, we have created a few resources that we would like to share with our Francophone nonprofit colleagues.
Read our Executive Director’s blog on how women and girls are going to be particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and how we are supporting our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read our Program Officer, Caitlin Hone’s blog describing the need for strategies to better help girls throughout the different changes of their lives.