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Bendjé council distributes agricultural kits to around 50 beneficiaries

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The Bendjé Departmental Council handed out agricultural kits to around 50 beneficiaries, including associations, cooperatives and groups of growers. The assistance aims to support agricultural production in the department, Gabonactu reports.

The Bendjé Departmental Council, in Gabon’s Ogooué-Maritime province, distributed agricultural kits to around 50 beneficiaries. Recipients include associations, cooperatives and groups of growers, Gabonactu reports.

The distribution aims to support local agricultural production. It comes in a department where Gabon Espoir distributed more than 500 school kits on 2 October, in a separate operation for Bendjé pupils.

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