Senegal

Ms. Marie Cecilia Diam, a Health and Nutrition Officer, is one of the many animators working to create healthy environments for mothers-to-be in Senegal.

Yacine Diallo has been a key leader in the THP Epicenter Strategy in Senegal, especially in the microfinance program. Read her story.

A pilot project to train women to cultivate and process organic hibiscus (Bio Bissap) was so successful that the program has been scaled up to now include 12 villages with 563 women, who now plow and maintain a combined total of 21 hectares.

When Awa Ndiaye took out a loan from The Hunger Project-Senegal’s Microfinance Program, she was interested in developing a small vegetable trade. Not only did her venture succeed, but in the process, she ended up changing the way many women did business in her village.

When Moussa Ndour retired to his native village, he took up a new career as a champion of the local epicenter and a leader in his community.

A natural leader, Pene Diarra has been critical to improving access to medical services at Dahra Epicenter. She leads a large women’s organization and set up a health mutual in her community.