The upsurge in armed attacks, poorly supervised human migration, and an increase in food insecurity are endangering social cohesion and peace in the Sahel region of West Africa.
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Caritas Senegal was established after the country’s independence in 1966 and officially recognised with the name “Secours Catholique, Caritas Senegal” on 10 November 1966. Since 1995, Caritas Senegal has also had the status of an NGO.
Senegal has 7 dioceses and 136 parishes. Direct beneficiaries number 522,517, while indirect beneficiaries amount to 2,612,585.
Jesus raises us to our feet, as an instrument of the social ministry of the Church of Senegal, to serve the integral development of humankind. To this end, we carry out programmes and projects connected with disaster risk management, striving for human development via access to water and sanitation, production and processing capacity building, migration management, and advocacy for the respect of human rights.
Caritas Senegal works in partnership with: the Senegalese government, Misereor, Secours Catholique (Caritas France), Caritas Spain, Caritas Germany, Caritas Italy, Caritas Austria, Hand Für Africa, USAID, the Belgian Development Agency, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Broderlik Delen, Missio Aachen, Kindermissionswerk Aachen, the European Union, KLB, Jean Paul II Foundation, FAO and WFP.
Updates from Senegal
Nearly 6 million people in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal are struggling to meet their daily food needs. Severe malnutrition threatens the lives of 1.6 million children.
Three young men - Yancuba, Amadou and Berete - were Pope Francis’ special guests at his Wednesday General Audience at the Vatican at the launch of Caritas’ ‘Share the Journey’ campaign.
Caritas respects fundamental right of people to migrate to improve their lives or because of instability.
Rose went to World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow as part of the #YoungCaritas delegation. She told youngsters from around the world about her work with Caritas Senegal.
Caritas youth was celebrated at World Youth Day 2016 with Cardinal Luis Tagle and young people from Caritas from across the world.
Almost a fifth of households in Senegal are going hungry. The situation is predicted to worsen over the next few months.
The eight Millennium Development Goals represent the basic human dignities which everyone of us should have. They seek to reduce hunger and poverty in Senegal and everywhere else in the world. Caritas members are working hard towards the targets. Backing up their work on the ground with advocacy, Caritas Internationalis launched its web-based campaign "Voices ...
On Tuesday 8 February, Secours Catholique (Caritas France), together with the Association des cités du Secours Catholique (ACSC), ran a workshop on the lack of free movement of persons. The participants recreated migrants' journeys via a board game, and were able to communicate with immigrants in Paris via videoconferencing.
On 9 February at the WSF in Dakar, Secours Catholique and its partners held a workshop called "Migrants: give them a dignified welcome!" Bagayoko Seckna, coordinator of the Malian branch of the international NGO Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM), raised the issue of child migrants and their difficult living conditions.
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