1) 

One Man's Dream to Help Becomes Reality - 2006
Ever since he went to school, Henry Jammeh wanted to help the people in his area. Jammeh's paren ...more

2) 

Watching Children Grow in Senegal - 2006
Malnutrition is a serious issue in Senegal: 22 percent of children under the age of five a ...more

3) 

USAID Brings Regional University Online - 2006
By improving online access for students at a private university in Senegal, USAID is helping mak ...more

4) 

USAID helps Senegalese Teenagers Continue their Education Close to Home - 2006
USAID supports the government of Senegal's efforts to provide a quality education to all childre ...more

5) 

Community Swaps Garbage Dump for Fast Food and Basketball - 2006
What was once a filthy, foul-smelling trash heap frequented by drug users has become a green a ...more

6) 

Youth Line up for HIV Tests at USAID-Backed Center - 2006
Behind the dust from a football game in the sand is the Guediawaye Youth Center. Here, a loc ...more

7) 

Computers Ease Commerce in Senegal - 2006
Facoumba Gueye works her way through the colorfully crowded streets surrounding Dakar's bustling ...more

8) 

Community Tackles Infant Mortality - 2006
For every 100 Senegalese babies born, six of them die before their first birthday. Although ...more

9) 

Keeping Loan Repayments on Track - 2006
Women in Senegal have proven that peer pressure can be a good thing. Just ask the carefully sele ...more

10) 

Madd in Senegal - 2006
Saba senegalensis, a popular, tart fruit locally called madd, has become a rallying point in ...more

11) 

Women's Groups Net Profits while Fighting Malaria - 2006
The women of Bignona in Senegal's lush Ziguinchor region have been particularly hard hit by ma ...more

12) 

Junked Plastics Make Profits in Senegal - 2006
Pape Amadou Sow is one of Senegal's leading experts in plastic. He is the man responsible for in ...more

13) 

Clear Water for Carabane - 2006
Abdou Diatta has a new task on Senegal's remote island of Carabane. He guards the pump that ...more

14) 

Farmer Increases Production with Irrigation and Better Planting Techniques - 2005
A clear vision, a bit of help, a little luck, a few tips, a lot of water, and a lot of hard work. Th ...more

15) 

Women's Coop in Rural Senegal Sees Fonio Profits Soar - 2005
Senegalese are noted for serving up sumptuous fish and meat sauces on a bed of rice or millet, but a ...more

16) 

Small Loans Enable Landmine Victims to Earn a Living - 2005
Life was fine for Elisabeth Nassalan, an industrious wife and mother bringing up six healthy childre ...more

17) 

Combating HIV/AIDS in Dakar - 2005
Moustapha Diouf, a 33-year-old Senegalese "coaxer" in Dakar, tells his story: "I drop ...more

18) 

Villagers Take Charge of Natural Resources Management - 2005
Historically, illegal tree cutting, charcoal production, land clearing and fires were rampant in Mam ...more

19) 

Rural Initiative Brings Health Care Closer to Home - 2005
The annual rainy season in rural Senegal brings a blessing—and a curse. Every drop is precious to th ...more

20) 

Community Action Spurs Development - 2005
In most of Senegal's 12,355 villages, people still fetch water for drinking, bathing, and washing cl ...more

21) 

Saving Newborns in Senegal - 2005
As the midwife places a newborn on its mother's stomach, she notices the baby is not breathing. She ...more

22) 

Young Woman Pursues Passion for Computers - 2005
Resolute Aissata Ba, a high school graduate with honors and beneficiary under the Ambassador's Girls ...more

23) 

Rural Community Promotes Education - 2005
Who says you can't teach a child to dream? In rural Senegal, they are doing just that. In 2002, teac ...more

24) 

MTV Inspires Radio AIDS Education - 2005
"This program has triggered something in myself personally and for the whole radio station. It ...more

25) 

Senegal's "Upside-down" Tree Yields Profits for Local Producers - 2004
What looks to be a freak of nature is increasingly becoming a fruit of prosperity for the rural poor ...more

26) 

Active Forest Management Restores a Cultural Symbol - 2004
For the Pulaar ethnic group of Senegal, “kosam” – curdled milk – is a dietar ...more

27) 

Cooperative Market Management Brings New Revenue to a Rural Community - 2004
On market days, the small, southern Senegalese roadside town of Diaobé springs to chaotic lif ...more

28) 

No More Slipping in the Banana Sub-Sector - 2003
In mid-2001, a banana growers association in Tambacounda asked the USAID-funded DynaEnterprise p ...more

29) 

Rural Farmers and Teachers Get Financial Services - 2003
The UMEC Credit Union network in the Sedhiou district of southern Senegal consists of 24 branch ...more

30) 

Local Control is Key to Improving Health Services - 2003
Inclusive, democratic control of local services can make a big difference as illustrated by the ...more

31) 

Water comes to Ndiagne Kahone - 2003
50 kilometers from the regional peanut-growing capital of Kaolack in Senegal, Ndiagne Kahone is a ...more

32) 

A Tale of Two Villages - 2003
Kandialang Diola and Medina Mancagne are two villages located on the outskirts of Ziguinchor in the ...more

33) 

The Gift of Time - 2003
In rural Senegal, the day for women starts at 4:00 am when the process of cooking for the family b ...more