From slum to modern district – training and income support together with the GIZ (Society for International Cooperation) A unique flagship project: A slum in Dakar, Senegal, which has become home to around 2,000 inner-African refugees – more than half of them children and young people – is being transformed into the modern district of […]
The population of Mampatim lives essentially from rain-fed agriculture. Due to climate change, with which the population and the regions are strongly confronted, agricultural production is significantly declining. Despite the diligent efforts of farmers in this sector, they often lack the necessary know-how. They are directly affected by food insecurity. For this reason, in the […]
Preschool Education West Africa – an investment in well-being, gender equality, social solidarity and lifelong learning – SDG 4. The time from birth to age eight is when children’s brains develop in remarkable ways and this period represents a crucial window of opportunity for education. According to UNESCO, early childhood care and education are much more […]
The article in the Düsseldorfer Express put the work of the YOU Foundation – Education for Children in Need, especially the current Christmas fundraiser, in a good, Christmassy light. In this way, the work for the needy in the Sahel and the project to improve the nutrition of the weakest families in Burkina Faso and […]
UNESCO Special Ambassador and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Senegal in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony Dr. h.c. Ute-Henriette Ohoven: “I am deeply affected by the death of the 16-year-old Senegalese boy in Dortmund last Monday and am convinced that the German constitutional state will clarify everything without reservation.”
