A boy fishes with a net in the lagoon on January 6, 2012 in Ganvie, near Cotonou, Benin. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A girl laughs while unloading her boat of produce at a market in Ganvie on January 6, 2012 in Cotonou, Benin. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A young girl navigates their way through the village in her boat on January 6, 2012 in Ganvie, near Cotonou, Benin. Often called the Venice of Africa, Ganvie is a stilted fishing village on Lake Nokoue, near Cotonou in Benin, the largest such village in Africa, and home to approximately 20,000 residents. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A man climbs the scaffold of a new Mosque, under construction on January 6, 2012 in Ganvie, near Cotonou, Benin. Approximately 25 percent of Benin's population are Muslim, 27 percent Christian and seven percent Roman Catholic with 17 percent practicing Vodun, or Voodoo. Other traditional local religious groups make up the rest of the population. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A vendor sells fuel, known locally as “Kpayo”, at the side of the road on January 6, 2012 in Cotonou, Benin. Imported from Nigeria, Kpayo has a hold over almost 90 percent of the fuel market in Benin where removal of subsidy on fuel by the Nigerian Government has been reflected in higher prices in Benin. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Traffic builds up at rush hour on January 6, 2012 in Cotonou, Benin. Much of Cotonou's hectic traffic comprises of motorcycles and scooters. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)