Benin Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/benin/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:14:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Benin Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/tag/benin/ 32 32 MAV Constructing Mobile Planetarium in Benin with Recycled Materials https://astro4dev.org/mav-constructing-mobile-planetarium-in-benin-with-recycled-materials/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 14:04:42 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=26272 Mobile Astronomy Village (MAV) aims to develop astronomy and science education in Benin through planetarium sessions in primary and secondary schools and university centers. The team hopes it will arouse scientific curiosity among young people (including girls), a taste for more advanced studies, and the creation of astronomy clubs. MAV organized an astronomy cultural week [...]

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]]> Astronomy Week in Benin https://astro4dev.org/astronomy-week-in-benin/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:22:11 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24688 Under the OAD project, Mobile Astronomy Village in Benin, the astronomical clubs of Benin organized a week of activities from March 25 to April 1, 2022 in astronomy and space sciences. Several activities were carried out at the University of Abomey-Calavi and some primary and secondary schools in the cities of Porto-Novo and Adjarra. The [...]

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]]> Overview: Mobile Astronomy Village, Benin https://astro4dev.org/overview-mobile-astronomy-village-benin/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:12:21 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=24340 The key point of the project is the acquisition of a mobile planetarium. The team sees astronomy as an entry point to science and the scientific method in general for the youth of Benin. Everyone in our country sees the sky and wonders about the universe, but due to the lack of scientific education, beliefs [...]

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