Senegal

Port Gateway to West Africa
Politically Stable

14.67

Population in Millions

$2190

GDP per Person

38%

Poverty below $1.90/day

430

Maternal Mortality/100k

55.5

Malaria Mortality/100k

33.6%

Female Literacy

Vital Edge has been active in Senegal since 2007. Projects include the introductionof peanut shelling machines, solar powered cell phone recharging, the introduction of organic cotton crops, the training of artisans on warping, weaving, dyeing, and the manufacture of goods, linking the artisans to markets. Since 2010 Vital Edge has expanded a network of micro-savings groups and introduced community market gardens.

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This micro-savings group meets every week. In addition to the financial benefits, the women receive education in the prevention of HIV/AIDS and Malaria.

Aissa Dione belongs to a micro-savings group that enabled her to share in the ownership of a “press” for extracting peanut oil and selling it in the local market.