Clinique Medicale Les Graces Divines
Tchaourou, Benin
Dr. Bernard Sogbo lives his life as a person impacted by grace. So it’s only fitting he named his ministry Clinique Medicale Les Graces Divines.
His calling is to help his neighbors in need and to practice love for one another.
“Jesus is the example that we follow because he saved his children out of love,” Sogbo said. “This is what explains, above all, my passion and commitment to serve in this organization: to proclaim salvation in Jesus Christ to everyone, even in the most remote and pagan environments.”
Divine Graces is a growing medical clinic equipped to handle medical emergencies, general consultations and pharmaceutical needs. The facilities assist children, men, women and expectant mothers.
His other passion is to help others meet Christ. He does this through evangelistic campaigns impacting lives for Jesus in remote villages in the Tchaourou region.
Name: Clinique Medicale Les Graces Divines
Location: Tchaourou, Benin
Director: Dr. Bernard Sogbo
Partnership: 2022-present
Staff: 12
About the ministry
About Benin
Population: 13.3 million
Size: 112,622 sq. km, or slightly smaller than Pennsylvania.
Capital: Porto-Novo
Borders: Togo to the West; Burkina Faso to the northwest; Niger to the north; Nigeria to the east; Atlantic Ocean to the south.
Religious groups: Muslim, 27.7%; Catholic, 25.5%; Protestant, 13.5; Vodoun, 11.6%.
Primary language: French
Literacy (age 15+): 42.4%
Physician density: 0.08 doctors per 1,000 people.
Population below international poverty line: 38.5%
Life expectancy: 61.8 years
Infant mortality rate: 57.2 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Major exports: Cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood.
Climate: Tropical; hot and humid in the south; semiarid in the north.
Terrain: Mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains.
