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How to prevent another food crisis in Sahel
Feb 14, 2012
A video presentation of the Sahel Working Group report about the value of prevention
ACT in Senegal
International organisations in Senegal
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
- World Renew (WR) - formerly Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
Organisations funding work in Senegal
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Christian Aid (CA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
About Senegal
- Population: 12.5 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Dakar
- Area: 196,722 sq km (75,955 sq miles)
- Major language: French (official), Wolof
- Major religion: Islam
- Life expectancy: 54 years (men), 57 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc = 100 centimes
- Main exports: Fish, peanuts, petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
- GNI per capita: US $970 (World Bank, 2008)