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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 [ | See [[Start a Circle/How to join a Logos Circle|How to join a Logos Circle]]. | ||
== Winnable issues completed == | == Winnable issues completed == | ||
Latest revision as of 20:30, 20 October 2026
Logos Circle / Benin City
Location: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Winnable issues completed: 4
Status: Active
Languages: English, Pidgin
Areas: Welfare, Education, Health
Forum reports: 7, February to August 2026
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.
Introduction
For the Circle to fill: who you are, where and how often you meet, and who comes. Three to five sentences.
Declaration
For the Circle to fill: what the Circle stands for and the problem it has chosen to work on. In your own words.
Join
For the Circle to fill: how a newcomer joins: the Luma page, the group chat, what to expect at a first meeting.
See 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.
| # | 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. | 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". | 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 (t/1658). The July report says the parent's surgery had taken place and went well. | 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. | t/1922 |
In LAN
- For One of Our Own, Issue 1, page 15.
Reports
- February 2026, solar power, FundBrave and the Zeqah Study Group: t/1518
- March 2026, crowdfund and Zeqah structure: t/1560
- April 2026, GreenFlare, Iris and Zeqah review: t/1596
- May 2026, Zeqah launch and medical fundraiser: t/1658
- June 2026, node workshop: t/1708
- July 2026, surgery funded and exam season food plan: t/1817
- August 2026, hospital bill support: t/1922
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