CONNECTING KIDS AND NATURE
PLANET 2024 launches its educational program for children by inviting the youngest ones to become the stewards of the Earth in the coming years. Designed to inspire and educate, these interactive sessions are free and offer a playful approach to learning about the conservation and restoration of our ecosystems – forests, oceans, mountains, and rivers.
By nurturing the connection between children and nature, we are sowing the seeds of environmental protection in the hearts of future generations. Welcome to a journey where each lesson is a discovery and a wonder.
ABOUT HIRONDELLE DE L’AVENIR
The NGO ‘Hirondelle de l’Avenir’ is a non-profit organization with a humanitarian focus, dedicated to improving the living conditions of vulnerable children for over 15 years. In Benin, the organization actively engages in more than ten significant projects, aiming to contribute to the development of the local economy.
Benin’s socio-economic context is marked by significant challenges, including a young and rapidly growing population, considerable disparities in access to education and professional opportunities, and improvements needed in terms of sanitation. In this context, the NGO ‘Hirondelle de l’Avenir’ has set its mission to promote the development of leadership among children, create opportunities for guidance and professional integration in the digital sector, and support sanitation initiatives.
The organization’s actions are based on the principle of ‘working together,’ which involves close partnerships with various local organizations and structures such as schools, orphanages, and clinics. This collaborative approach enables the mobilization of the necessary resources and skills to implement sustainable and effective projects and enhance the ability of local populations to take action.
EDUCATING 2000 CHILDREN IN BENIN
« Our initiative aims to raise awareness about biodiversity preservation among 2000 sponsored children in Benin through our NGO Hirondelle de l’Avenir. Recurrent thematic workshops will be established in partnership with local stakeholders from civil society, including orphanages, schools, parents, administrators, and teachers… Our primary goal is to provide children with a foundational knowledge of the rich local biodiversity, enabling them to understand that preservation is important and allow them to actively participate in concrete and straightforward actions( ex : individual small plots of land to cultivate, tree plantings, botanical gardens according the regions and organizations involved). By encouraging children to become ambassadors for biodiversity preservation, we aim to establish a sustainable and enduring effort that will have positive long-term impacts on the local ecosystem they live within it and their communities. » Sophie Thouvenel – Founder of Hirondelle de l’avenir
ABOUT PLANET 2024
PLANET 2024 is a world movement on nature conservation and restoration, driven by a coalition of organizations across the globe. As part of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, PLANET 2024 aims to mobilize civil society and businesses to accelerate concrete initiatives to restore the planet.
ABOUT THE UN DECADE ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION 2021-2030
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world, for the benefit of people and nature. It aims to halt the degradation of ecosystems, and restore them to achieve global goals. Only with healthy ecosystems can we enhance people’s livelihoods, counteract climate change, and stop the collapse of biodiversity. The UN Decade runs from 2021 through 2030, which is also the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals and the timeline scientists have identified as the last chance to prevent catastrophic climate change.
