SFLG, Inc. (a 501 (c) 3 foundation) sends 60 children a year through a public school system in the village of So-Ava in the Republic of Benin, West Africa. The American Board is made up of U.S. citizens living in Pittsburgh, PA and Chapala, Mexico. It absorbs all costs related to the Foundation's newsletters and members travel at their own expense to monitor the project. The African Board has been made up of Catholic clergy from the Archdiocese of Cotonou because they are involved in living among the families of So-Ava and they run schools and hospitals and provide social services in that area. The country is made up of majority animists (around 50%), a Muslim minority (around 20 %) and an all African Roman Catholic clergy and population (around 30 %). The children attend a local public school and, if they graduate, they attend higher education at various African schools. The village is built on stilts in a lake with no running water or sanitation. Electric is nearly non-existent. The African Board helps to determine families in need. The Foundation has a history of assisting the leper colony at Ouidah (now closed due to new medicines), a clinic on the lake in Tsochanueh and sending funds for victims of buruli ulcer--a flesh eating disorder that attacked many children in Benin. Today the Foundation's focus is mostly on the education of girls in So-Ava. The Boards in the U.S. and Benin work entirely as volunteers and receive no remuneration for any of their work. The Foundation is small and can be accessed at their web site: sflgbenin.org. All donations are earmarked only for the So-Ava project and are tax deductible in the U.S.
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