Support for Community Resilience in the Saloum Delta (ARC-DS)
The BEEE Family Foundation, a member of the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation (SPF), has contacted Wetlands International Afrique Côte Occidentale Golfe de Guinée (WIACO) as part of its search for mangrove reforestation projects. WIACO and BEEE agreed to prepare a project proposal to start collaboration in the Saloum Delta in Senegal through the Projet d’Appui à la résilience communautaire dans le delta du Saloum. Officially launched in May 2023, the project has carried out a number of activities, especially those linked to seasonality. These include mangrove restoration, restoration of rice-growing land abandoned due to salinity, training, equipping and monitoring savings and credit groups for mangrove conservation, and the launch of a feasibility study to set up a “reference store” dedicated to marketing local products from the Saloum Delta. Other mangrove conservation and environmental education activities were also carried out during this period.
Area of intervention: Saloum Delta
Project duration: 3 years (2023 – 2025)
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