Fighting Coastal Erosion in Senegal
AVENIR, a two-year project funded by the European Commission through its EU Aid Volunteers facility, has allowed France Volontaires and partners in Togo, Guinea and Senegal to deploy about 30 couples of volunteers (each made of 1 international and 1 national volunteer). In these three countries, France Volontaires has coordinated about 20 local CSOs hosting volunteers and helped them to implement activities related to food security, health and nutrition, land reclamation, anti-erosion interventions, protection of the environment, etc. AVENIR, in French stands for “Action of European and National Volunteers Working Toward Resilience.”
In Senegal, France Volontaires mobilized volunteers within the Communal Development Agency of Saint-Louis to raise awareness among the populations of the Langue de Barbarie to fight against the effects of coastal erosion. This action has reached more than 480 people.