Supporting the Socio-Economic Integration of Rural Women in the Matam Region, Senegal

Supporting the Socio-Economic Integration of Rural Women in the Matam Region, Senegal

Élevages sans frontières
Élevages sans frontières

Senegal, Africa

Africa
Projet soutenu Project supported in 2016: Empowering women

Project presentation

 

In the remote Matam region of Senegal, women carry out most agricultural activities but face significant challenges in accessing resources, production tools and adapting to climate-related constraints.

Since 2008, Livestock Without Borders (Élevages Sans Frontières) has supported women in developing sustainable and profitable livestock farming activities. To help them start their businesses, each participant receives one or two goats and is trained in agroecological livestock farming and market gardening techniques.

Combining these complementary activities improves productivity by using plant waste as animal feed and recycling animal manure into compost. The project also strengthens women’s groups, enabling them to become more autonomous and better organized.

Élevages sans frontières Key figures

300

women from 21 women’s groups benefited from the project.

Élevages sans frontières
The association

Founded in 2001, Élevages Sans Frontières is an international solidarity organization that fights poverty by enabling vulnerable families to develop sustainable livestock farming activities. Initially focused on providing goats, the organization has since expanded its programs to include a variety of livestock, adapting each project to local resources, needs and the expertise of its partner communities.

 
 

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