While Senegal has made great progress in the fight against child malnutrition, an estimated 19 percent of children under 5 still experience the stunting characteristic of chronic malnutrition, and anemia rates here remain among the world’s highest, affecting 71 percent of children under 5 and 54 percent of women of reproductive age. Lack of access to water for agricultural irrigation is an ongoing threat to food security in northern and central Senegal. This project with BGR partner Helen Keller International will construct boreholes and wells with solar or gravity-fed irrigation systems that will provide clean water for drinking and agricultural irrigation for approximately 900 people in the surrounding villages. The project will also train local communities in the proper management of the structures and will provide farmers with horticultural inputs, such as seeds, to grow a variety of micronutrient-rich fruits and vegetables. Existing partner, new project
While Senegal has made great progress in the fight against child malnutrition, an estimated 19 percent of children under 5 still experience the stunting characteristic of chronic malnutrition, and anemia rates here remain among the world’s highest, affecting 71 percent of children under 5 and 54 percent of women of reproductive age. Lack of access to water for agricultural irrigation is an ongoing threat to food security in northern and central Senegal. This project with BGR partner Helen Keller International will construct boreholes and wells with solar or gravity-fed irrigation systems that will provide clean water for drinking and agricultural irrigation for approximately 900 people in the surrounding villages. The project will also train local communities in the proper management of the structures and will provide farmers with horticultural inputs, such as seeds, to grow a variety of micronutrient-rich fruits and vegetables. Existing partner, new project
