DAHOMEY: GHANAIAN COMMITTEE OF U.N. FREEDOM FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN VISITS DAHOMEY

Record ID: 347325

  • Title: DAHOMEY: GHANAIAN COMMITTEE OF U.N. FREEDOM FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN VISITS DAHOMEY
  • Date: 11th August 1969
  • Summary: VILLAGERS; MADAME KWOWO; CHILDREN; COOKING DEMONSTRATION. Initials KM/VS/PW/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th August 1969 13:00
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  • Location: PORTO NOVO, DAHOMEY
  • Country: Benin
  • Reuters ID: LVA3STHGVR5Y14AZOCANUZ2TZZEE
  • Story Text: THE GHANIAN TEAM FROM THE UNITED NATIONS FREEDOM FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN RECENTLY VISITED DAHOMEY TO DISCUSS PROGRESS MADE IN TEACHING NATIVES HOW TO GROW THEIR OWN FOOD IN SMALL HOUSEHOLD GARDENS.

    THE TEAM OF 14 MEN AND WOMEN WAS LED BY MADAME KWOWO, THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE GHANAIAN COMMITTEE. THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF DAHOMEY WHO NOW MERELY SUBSIST ON A DIET OF CORN, YAMS AND CASSAVA FROM ISOLATED FIELDS.

    THE COMMITTEE SPENT MORE TIME AT OUANDO, THE CENTRE FOR THE PROJECT, WHERE MADAME KWOWO ALSO GAVE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS TO THE WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE AND TO OTHER VILLAGE LEADERS WHO WILL PASS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR OWN AREAS.
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