Sustainable support: PACOPE
Participation of the members of children’s club in a radio programme © SOS Children’s Villages Senegal 
Distribution of milk and suger purchased for VSLA members affected by Covid-19 via their solidarity funds. © SOS Children’s Villages Senegal 
This little boy shows us how to wash his hands properly © SOS Children’s Villages Senegal 
Children Protection Committee raising awareness of protective measures and hand washing techniques. ©SOS Children’s Villages Senegal 
VSLA meeting ©SOS Children’s Villages Senegal
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Senegal mobilises for the protection of children’s rights
Kaolack, 200 km south-east of Dakar, is an important communication axis. It is bordered by the Saloum River and is a place of intense economic activity. Boats come here to collect part of Senegal’s groundnut production and the region’s salt, the only products to have given rise to job-creating industrial development.
The PACOPE intervention area is the outlying district of Diameugeune-Nimzatt, which suffers from a lack of sewage and rubbish collection systems. It is home to low-income households linked to petty trade and occasional jobs.
The PACOPE programmes in West Africa are based on an empowering approach, avoiding families’ dependence on SOS support to meet their children’s needs.
By helping parents/guardians to develop their own income-generating activities and by offering them advice and moral support throughout the intervention, the programme increases their awareness, decision-making power and financial capacity. Parents/guardians are given the opportunity to meet their children’s basic needs (e.g. paying for school, health, food, etc.) and to respect their rights to survival, development, protection and participation.
PERIOD
2017 – 2021
BENEFICIARIES
73 families including 396 children and young people are participating in the programme in the city of Kaolack.
OBJECTIVES
To enable parents to fully assume their parental role in an autonomous manner within a community that supports the respect of children’s rights.
LOCALISATION
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COMMUNITY STRUCTURES INVOLVED
Community structures made up of children and adults promote collective awareness of child protection and well-being and mobilise resources to help vulnerable children and their families.
They regularly organise awareness-raising activities for adults and children.
In Kaolack, there are
1
Child Protection Committee
1
Children’s Club
8
Village Savings and Loan Associations
2
Economic Interest Groups
TOTAL :
12
active community structures
To support this project:
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