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Nutrition, food sovereignty and health

Nutrition, food sovereignty and health

Projects

WER WERLÉ

WER WERLÉ

Context ENDA Santé implements the Wer Werlé project in Mbour, Poponguine and Joal. The project promotes sustainable and diversified agriculture, the use of medicinal plants, prevention and treatment of malnutrition, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. These actions are based on [...]

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Articles

Joal- Fadiouth: Darou Salam granaries set up and equipped to combat malnutrition

Joal- Fadiouth: Darou Salam granaries set up and equipped to combat malnutrition

Children's granaries are a concept that ENDA Santé has been experimenting with since 2016 on the Petite côte, (Popenguine, Kirène, Ndayane, Kiniabour ...). They play an important role in the fight against malnutrition by promoting community involvement and participation in the management of malnutrition in children aged 0-59 months [...]

Published on 07/25/2023
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<strong>COP 15 sur la biodiversité : ENDA Santé négocie en faveur des communautés locales et peuples autochtones</strong>

COP 15 on biodiversity: ENDA Santé negotiates in favor of local communities and indigenous peoples

The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties was held in Montreal (Canada) at the end of 2022. The international NGO ENDA Health representing local communities and indigenous peoples took part in the meeting. For this edition, the exchanges focused on the protection of biodiversity. Because of the pandemic of [...]

Published on 06/01/2023
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ENDA Santé's community-based approach to fight malnutrition

ENDA Santé's community-based approach to fight malnutrition

When he arrived at the Kirène health post in 2015, Demba Bodé, head nurse of the post had found a worrying nutritional situation. "There were many cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in children aged 0 to 5 years. The post supported by the District of [...]

Published on 08/08/2022
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Wer Werlé project: review of activities to combat malnutrition and promote organic market gardening in Tamba

Wer Werlé project: review of activities to combat malnutrition and promote organic market gardening in Tamba

As part of ENDA Santé's support to the partner project teams of the Horizont3000 Senegal Programme and the transfer of skills for the successful implementation of health-related activities, the Wer Werlé project team carried out a monitoring of activities in the area of the partner APROVAG in Tamba. The objective was mainly to [...]

Published on 22/06/2021
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Child malnutrition : Consolidation of the Management Committees of the Children's Granaries in Popenguine

Child malnutrition : Consolidation of the Management Committees of the Children's Granaries in Popenguine

In partnership with the Popenguine Health District, the WERWERLE project organised a capacity building session for the management committees of the child granaries. In its mission of community-based management of malnutrition, the Wer Werlé project has set up 33 granaries in the Popenguine health district in order to improve the quality of life of the children.

Published on 19/05/2021
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Insalubrity in Joal: Capacity building on organisational development

Insalubrity in Joal: Capacity building on organisational development

In partnership with the Joal town hall, the WERWERLE project held a capacity building workshop on the organisational development of the Darou Salam sanitation committee. The members of the sanitation committee, set up in the neighbourhood, met to manage household waste and the sanitation of the area.

Published on 17/05/2021
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GUEUM SA BOPP PROJECT: Establishment of Income Generating Activities for community associations

GUEUM SA BOPP PROJECT: Establishment of Income Generating Activities for community associations

ENDA Santé implemented the "Geum sa Bopp" project, funded by OSIWA. This project to strengthen the capacity of three associations works with vulnerable populations organised around associations based in Dakar and Mbour. The project has three components, namely capacity building, financial empowerment and the creation of a network of associations.

Published on 10/05/2021
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Fight against malnutrition: Delivery of materials to 19 children's granaries in the health district of Popenguine

Fight against malnutrition: Delivery of materials to 19 children's granaries in the health district of Popenguine

The coronavirus increases the economic vulnerability of rural populations, putting children at greater risk of malnutrition. Between September and October 2020, the Wer werlé project, implemented by ENDA Santé with funding from Horizont 3000, set up nineteen new child granaries in Popenguine. In partnership with the district [...]

Published on 13/10/2020
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Partnership for Sustainable Food for Health and Nutrition

Partnership for Sustainable Food for Health and Nutrition

The University of Exeter in England, in partnership with ENDA Santé and the Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, held on 29 and 30 January 2020, a sharing workshop on sustainable food for health and nutrition in Senegal. Indeed, underdeveloped countries and those in the process of development are faced with a double phenomenon [...]

Published on 29/01/2020
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ASACAP project: Training and establishment of nurseries in Simbandi Balante, Sinthian Aidara and Saré Sara

ASACAP project: Training and establishment of nurseries in Simbandi Balante, Sinthian Aidara and Saré Sara

Through its project for the Improvement of the Food Capacities of Women Producers (ASACAP), Enda Santé has sent a training supervision team to set up nurseries in the project's intervention areas. From 13 to 22 October 2019, experts in nutrition and agroecology visited Simbandi Balante, Sinthian Aïdara and [...]

Published on 13/11/2019
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Pesticide-free agriculture: Training of women from Simbandi Balante, Sinthian Aidara and Saré Saré on agroecology

Pesticide-free agriculture: Training of women from Simbandi Balante, Sinthian Aidara and Saré Saré on agroecology

In the framework of the Improvement of the Food Capacities of Women Producers (ASACAP) project, Enda Santé is multiplying awareness-raising on the dangers of using pesticides in agriculture. From 13 to 23 June 2019, women's groups from Simbandi Balante, Sinthian Aidara and Saré Saré were trained on agroecology in order to master good farming practices.

Published on 14/07/2019
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Organic Agriculture: Capacity building on organic market gardening in secondary schools

Organic Agriculture: Capacity building on organic market gardening in secondary schools

In the framework of the Wer Wërlé project, EndaSanté, with the support of EndaEnergie, trained about 30 people on organic market gardening at the Lycée de Saly on 29 and 30 May 2019. In total, 32 people benefited from the training including students, teachers and the municipality of Mbour. The objective of this training [...]

Published on 13/06/2019
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The Fimela high school, an eco-responsible school

The Fimela high school, an eco-responsible school

The students and teachers of the Lycée de Fimela can congratulate themselves for adopting eco-responsible behaviour. Through their EVF club, they have set up a school garden, in which salad greens, peppers, mint "nana" and papaya are grown. The proceeds from this activity are used to refurbish the school's [...]

Published on 31/03/2019
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Greniers de l'enfant: Nioro du Rip and Kafrine host a formative supervision mission

Greniers de l'enfant: Nioro du Rip and Kafrine host a formative supervision mission

Through its Lekk Faju project, Enda Santé has set up management committees for children's granaries. To evaluate the activities carried out by these committees, a formative supervision mission was sent to Nioro and Kafrine. From 20 to 25 November 2018, the aim was to clarify the role of the [...]

Published on 04/01/2019
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Sokone: Training of management committees for children's granaries

Sokone: Training of management committees for children's granaries

As part of the Lekk Faju project, Enda Santé is organising training sessions for the management committees of the children's granaries. On 15 and 16 November 2018, the project team went to Sokone, in the Fatick region, to draw the attention of the population to the nutritional value of the food in their area. During the [...]

Published on 27/12/2018
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Lekk Faju Project: Systematisation of the Fimela high school's support experience

Lekk Faju Project: Systematisation of the Fimela high school's support experience

ENDA Santé, with the support of Horizont3000, has implemented the Lekk Faju project for three years (2016-2018). One of the components of the project is based on the approach of high schools to effectively address the support needs of young adolescents on the issues of STI/HIV/AIDS and early pregnancies, but also support in the development of the project.

Published on 20/12/2018
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Training on farmers' seed production in Djimini

Training on farmers' seed production in Djimini

Organised by ENDA Santé within the framework of the LEKK/FAJU II project, a training workshop for producers on production and conservation techniques for farmers' seeds and on natural treatment techniques was held from 28 to 30 November 2016 in Djimini (Vélingara). This meeting was piloted by the ASPSP (Association Sénégalaise des [...]

Published on 19/04/2018
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