Senegal

Supporting education and nutrition

Food Security

While one of the region’s more stable countries, Senegal remains a low-income, food-deficit nation with malnutrition rates as high as 26 percent in children under the age of five. Counterpart works to create a food secure environment for children through its Food for Education and Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement projects.

Both projects support the overarching goal of ensuring that school management committees can serve as a sustainable pathway to community-led school feeding, even after the projects are complete.

The programs work directly with parents, schools, community members, and government agencies to improve school attendance, dietary practices and local engagement through improved nutrition, health practices and education.

Counterpart has implemented food security projects in Senegal since 2008.

Results from the last year

8.5M

meals served

6000+

adults trained

270

schools reached

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Dispatches from Senegal

See all of our stories from Senegal where we work with local organizations and communities to build resilient food systems.

U.S. Ambassador to Senegal Visits Sukaabe Janngo Project in Sédhiou

U.S. Ambassador to Senegal Visits Sukaabe Janngo Project in Sédhiou

Counterpart welcomed the U.S. Ambassador to Senegal Michael Raynor on a visit to an elementary school in Sédhiou on March 10, 2023. Located in the Casamance region of southern Senegal...
Collaborative Innovation Brings Mung Beans to Senegal

Collaborative Innovation Brings Mung Beans to Senegal

For thousands of years, mung beans have been a staple in Asian diets across the continent, from India, to China to Thailand. Mung beans are packed with vitamins and minerals...