Senegal

Region: Africa

  • Inclusive local development to advance the SDGs in the commune of Fass-Dakar ​

    Duration: July 2021 - June 2024
    Budget: US$2,074,010 (UNTFHS: $1,084,010; Pooled Funding: $990,000)​
    Implementing Agencies: UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, UN Women, UNRCO​

    Recognizing that the significant inequalities facing youth and women are an obstacle to advancing the SDGs at the local level in Senegal, this programme aims to tackle the drivers of economic, health and food insecurity among youth and women in the commune of Fass-Dakar, notably through entrepreneurial capacity-building and improved access to basic social services.  
     

     

     
  • A group of young boys are standing in front of a hut made of straw. They are wearing their backpacks around their chests.

    Inter-agency programme for improving the situation of children at risk in Senegal

    Duration: January 2009 - December 2012
    Budget: US$2,589,763
    Implementing Agencies: ILO, UNICEF

    The programme raised the awareness of local authorities, officials, religious leaders and community members to the spread of child labour and strengthened their capacities in its prevention; provided education, health care and shelter to children; and improved the livelihoods of families at risk.
     

     

     
  • A group of people, including several children, are standing in front of a blackboard.

    Community-based reproductive health and family planning services at health and reproductive service delivery points

    Duration: March 2003 - June 2008
    Budget: US$709,779
    Implementing Agencies: UNFPA

    Adopting a participatory approach, the programme enhanced the reproductive health and well-being of populations in the regions of Tambacounda and Kolda through the provision of community-based reproductive healthcare services.