Fr. Nzamujo, founder of Songhai Centre in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin. Some of the Sisters at the Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre studied agriculture at Songhai. Nzamujo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for feeding the people of Africa.

Fr. Nzamujo and Sr. Cecilia, Province Leader.

This is the Conference Centre at Songhai Center in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin.

The accommodations were great.

This is the view from the first level of the Conference Centre at Songhai.

Demonstrating how the mosquito netting would work (for those who may want to use it).

This is Fr Nzamujo's home at Songhai Centre.

Sr. Cecilia, Province Leader

Nadesh, the daughter of Nzamujo's cook, is six. She's a beautiful little girl.

This is Nadesh's first picture. It's her mom, Nzamujo's secretary and Sr. Cecilia.

This is the Chapel at Songhai Centre.

Here's another shot of Nadesh.

My introduction to"Integrated Agriculture" begins here... as Fr. Nzamujo says, "the output of one system becomes the input to another." The waste from the toilets fertilizes the plants.

Before Sonhai was built, this land was waste land, a dump... all trees had been cut down... it's hard to envision it as waste land.

The irrigation system and acres of thriving fruits and vegetables.

Delicious Bananas, Mangos and Papapa are organically grown at Songhai.

Everything is organic.

The fish harvested from Sonhai were delicious.

Turkeys

Guinea Hens

Everything's happy at feeding time.

This is where African Snails are bred.

Here's a close up of the snails.

A woman in one of the processing units, who takes the grain and converts it to beverages.

Labeling and packing the bottles. After processing comes marketing.

The store at Songhai Centre. Food is also sold in the surrounding villages and shipped throughout West Africa.

And the waste from the animals is converted to biogas that heats the water.

Integrated agriculture is truly integrated processes... everything's reused.