ʻO Bopa, Benin: ʻO Logistics a me ke kōkua SA, he mea ʻikena halihali mai Cotonou, Benin, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ke ʻikepili i koho ʻia e ka Ministry of Living Environment and Sustainable Development e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke kahe ʻana o ka wai waipuna ma ia wahi.
Ma kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi hapakolu o ka heluna o Komohana Komohana e noho ana i nā kaiāulu i ʻike ʻia i nā hopena o ka pōʻino o ke kahakai a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke panina ma nā wahi i kaulana nā kaʻe ʻana a me ke kahe wai. Ma 2018, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe 100,000 i waiho i kahi home ʻole, a ua make nā kānaka 43 ma muli o kahi kaiāulu nui i Cotonou, Benin.
I Nowemapa 2019, loaʻa kahi kue i waho o Bopa, Benin ka nui o ka wā o ka ua ma muli o ka ua nui. Ua hoʻoweliweli ka laha e luku i nā hale ma kahi kaiāulu pili kokoke. E koho ana nā Crews i kahi Ellicott 370 Aliʻi® Kālaiʻī e hoʻolei aku i kahi o 150,000 cubic yard pā o ka lepo i ka ponu a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea i kālai ʻia e hana ʻokaʻī e pale i ka home e pale iā lākou mai ka holoi ʻana.
Ua hoʻolako ʻia kēia pā mālama mālama moana e ka World Bank ma o ka WACA Resilience Investment Program a ke manaʻo nei e hoʻoikaika i ka hana hou ʻana o nā kaiāulu e like me Bopa. Hāʻawi ka WACA Resilience Investment Program i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā ʻāina i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ko lākou mau kahele i kahakai a hoʻēmi ʻia i nā pilikia kūlohelohe a kanaka e pili ana i nā kai o nā kahakai o West Africa e like me Benin, Togo, Senegal, Sao Tome, Mauritania, a me Principe.