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	'''Logos Circle / Benin City''' meets in Benin City, Nigeria, often on the University of Benin main campus. Its reports run from February 2026. It has set up a peer study group for students, raised money for members facing illness, and helped patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital pay their bills.		<!-- The paragraph between the onlyinclude tags is shown on [[Start a Circle/Winnable Issues from Circles]]. Keep the tags. -->
			<onlyinclude>'''Logos Circle / Benin City''' meets in Benin City, Nigeria, often on the University of Benin main campus. Its reports run from February 2026. It has set up a peer study group for students, raised money for members facing illness, and helped patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital pay their bills. It is also building [[FundBrave]], a social-DeFi fundraising platform for local causes.</onlyinclude>

	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
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	== Join ==		== Join ==
	{{Circle fill\|how a newcomer joins: the Luma page, the group chat, what to expect at a first meeting.}}		{{Circle fill\|how a newcomer joins: the Luma page, the group chat, what to expect at a first meeting.}}
	See [~~https:~~/~~/circles.logos.co/readme/about-logos-circles/how-~~to-join-a~~-logos-circle~~ How to join a Logos Circle].		See [[Start a Circle/How to join a Logos Circle\|How to join a Logos Circle]].

	== Winnable issues completed ==		== Winnable issues completed ==

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{{Infobox circle
| name = Logos Circle / Benin City
| location = Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
| completed = 4
| buckets = Welfare, Education, Health
| reports = 7, February to August 2026
| status = Active
| languages = English, Pidgin
}}
'''Logos Circle / Benin City''' meets in Benin City, Nigeria, often on the University of Benin main campus. Its reports run from February 2026. It has set up a peer study group for students, raised money for members facing illness, and helped patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital pay their bills.

== Introduction ==
{{Circle fill|who you are, where and how often you meet, and who comes. Three to five sentences.}}

== Declaration ==
{{Circle fill|what the Circle stands for and the problem it has chosen to work on. In your own words.}}

== Join ==
{{Circle fill|how a newcomer joins: the Luma page, the group chat, what to expect at a first meeting.}}
See [https://circles.logos.co/readme/about-logos-circles/how-to-join-a-logos-circle How to join a Logos Circle].

== Winnable issues completed ==
Dated by the day the work was done, or the meetup that reported it done. Figures are the Circle's own, from its reports.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
! # !! Date !! Issue !! Area !! What was delivered !! Report
|-
| 1 || 8 March 2026 || Crowdfund for an unwell coordinator || Welfare || Members crowdfunded on the spot for a Zeqah coordinator who needed money for medication and welfare. The report lists the crowdfunding as completed. || [https://forum.logos.co/t/1560 t/1560]
|-
| 2 || 24 May 2026 || Zeqah Study Group launched || Education || The peer-to-peer academic support group for University of Benin students went live. The report calls it "a real winnable issue achieved". || [https://forum.logos.co/t/1658 t/1658]
|-
| 3 || 19 July 2026 || Medical fundraiser for a member's parent || Health || The Circle raised money through [[FundBrave]] for a member's family. By May the campaign had raised over ₦750,000 towards a ₦1.5 million goal ([https://forum.logos.co/t/1658 t/1658]). The July report says the parent's surgery had taken place and went well. || [https://forum.logos.co/t/1817 t/1817]
|-
| 4 || 31 August 2026 || Hospital bill support at UBTH || Health || Six attendees visited the University of Benin Teaching Hospital on a Sunday afternoon and returned the next day to meet the hospital's PR. They helped settle the bills of two patients who were ready for discharge, a six-year-old child and a baby with a heart condition, so both families could go home. They also gave out detergent and bar soap on a ward. || [https://forum.logos.co/t/1922 t/1922]
|}

== In LAN ==
* [[Issue 1/For One of Our Own|For One of Our Own]], Issue 1, page 15.

== Reports ==
* February 2026, solar power, FundBrave and the Zeqah Study Group: [https://forum.logos.co/t/1518 t/1518]
* March 2026, crowdfund and Zeqah structure: [https://forum.logos.co/t/1560 t/1560]
* April 2026, GreenFlare, Iris and Zeqah review: [https://forum.logos.co/t/1596 t/1596]
* May 2026, Zeqah launch and medical fundraiser: [https://forum.logos.co/t/1658 t/1658]
* June 2026, node workshop: [https://forum.logos.co/t/1708 t/1708]
* July 2026, surgery funded and exam season food plan: [https://forum.logos.co/t/1817 t/1817]
* August 2026, hospital bill support: [https://forum.logos.co/t/1922 t/1922]

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Circles/Benin City - Revision history

Eleutherious: Start a Circle guide: winnable issues from the Circles GitBook added, opening paragraph marked for the summary page, GitBook link repointed

Eleutherious: Parallel Wiki build: page from sourced research, source-checked 9 October 2026