Health
Solidarity Economy
Recycling
Socio-professional reintegration
Water & Sanitation
Women's Empowerment
Agroecology
Education
Emmaüs International focuses on developing agricultural models based on agroecology and the defense of small farmers. Agriculture that respects both people and the environment is possible and even fundamental in the fight against poverty.
The associations of Emmaüs Benin follow this path by highlighting, or placing at the center, of their actions agroecology.
Culture
Emmaüs International advocates for the empowerment and capacity building of the excluded, the majority of whom are women.
Emmaüs Benin offers several actions to enable the empowerment of women, including socio-educational support and economic assistance to enable women to develop their own income-generating activity.
Emmaüs associations focus on reintegration programs with an emphasis on the active engagement of the most marginalized individuals within economic and social activities.
Emmaüs Benin, in particular, provides significant support to many young people. They offer them dedicated training and support to facilitate their social and professional reintegration.
Emmaüs International develops various economic activities that guarantee social and environmental rights and demonstrates that there are efficient alternatives to the current neoliberal system.
The different associations of Emmaüs Benin use the income generated from their economic activities to fund their social actions.
The issue of access to water, its management, and sanitation is a fundamental one, especially as climate change exacerbates the scarcity of this resource, and various attempts at commercial appropriation increasingly complicate this issue.
Emmaüs International advocates for universal access to water, a non-privatizable common good, and its community management.
Emmaüs Benin is currently focusing on the issue of sanitation, by supporting citizen initiatives for cleanliness campaigns.
Emmaüs International advocates for an education that takes into account the real needs of vulnerable people, on the one hand, and that helps to raise awareness for social transformation on the other.
Emmaüs Benin supports education by providing school supplies and building educational infrastructure in rural areas, as well as offering vocational training (agriculture, sewing, hairdressing, etc.).
Emmaüs International is committed to activities that reduce waste production and pollution of natural spaces and living areas.
Emmaüs Benin actively participates in recycling activities and also offers awareness initiatives related to waste and pollution.
Emmaüs International advocates for a right to health for all, as millions of people around the world lack access to health care and quality treatments.
Thus, Emmaüs Benin offers a Health Mutual.
Culture and art allow for the creation of social bonds, the denunciation of situations of injustice, and the expression of political demands. That's why Emmaüs International is increasingly investing in actions that promote culture.
