Senegal.
Our Commitment to Senegal.
The Hunger Project Canada is currently committed to fundraising for Senegal.
Your investment will support:
Catalyzing Effective Capacity Building That Empowers Communities
Fostering Self-Reliance
Building Beneficial Partnerships and Mobilizing Resources
Strengthening Infrastructure to Increase Organizational Impact
Why Senegal?
$1.25
The amount of money almost half of the population of Senegal lives on each day.
Almost 50%
of the population of Senegal is illiterate and 22% of all children (ages 5-14) are working - not attending school.
Almost 50%
of Senegalese people live below the poverty line, despite Senegal having one of the most stable democracies in Africa.
Updates from Senegal.
1991
is the year our work began in Senegal.
5
epicenters in Senegal have declared self-reliance.*
57,248
people are living in self-reliance in those 5 epicenters.*
121,940
Women’s Empowerment trainees to date.
2
active epicenters, which are working through the 4 phases to self-reliance, reaching 36,500 people.*
60%
decrease in the prevalence of households with moderate to severe hunger.
*As of December 2020
