November 18, 2025
In northern Benin, where extremists recruit girls, hope becomes action.
You’ll never walk the dangerous borders of northern Benin, where extremist groups whisper promises to 14-year-old girls like Aïcha. The violence is too close. The stakes are too high. The work is too precarious.
But you can hold hope for her.
Most organizations won’t go to northern Benin. Too dangerous. Too remote. Too underfunded. The extremist threat is too immediate, and teenage girls are among their primary recruitment targets.
But with your support, we held hope there anyway.
With just $41,000 and six months, Search worked with local peacebuilders to create 10 peace clubs, reaching 200 teenagers. They didn’t just teach conflict resolution—they offered lifelines when lifelines felt impossible.
Here’s what holding hope accomplished:
✨ 200 at-risk teenagers received protection and support
✨ 200 women gained entrepreneurship training
✨ 10 community savings groups launched—and are now self-financing
✨ Girls like Aïcha chose education and independence over exploitation
This is what holding hope looks like: not empty wishes, but real action that creates real change.
Your hope travels farther than you think. It becomes peace clubs that support protection. It becomes women investing in their communities. It becomes girls like Aïcha choosing education and independence over exploitation.
Before 2025 ends, your gift can hold hope for more communities like this one. Please give today to make a difference in 2026 and beyond.
In the most difficult situations, hope is something we hold together. And when we do, girls like Aïcha get to write their own futures.
