Partners
 10,000 Girls
10,000 Girls (also known as WHEPSA) is dedicated to assisting the young women of Senegal build the competencies they need to succeed in school
and business right in their own villages, towns, cities, and communities. By providing the supplies, the time, and the space to study, girls are
able to pass their exams. By assisting them start viable entrepreneurial activities, the girls build the tools to become leaders in their communities.
By partnering with Peace Corps volunteers on projects such as the Book Mobile and Reading Rooms in local communities, 10,000 Girls aims to increase
literacy rates throughout Senegal.
 United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID is the government agency providing US economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
Peace Corps Senegal and the USAID mission located in Dakar collaborate closely to provide effective community level
development assistance. Areas of focus have been malaria prevention, HIV/AIDS prevention education, sustainable agriculture
and forestry promotion, and environmental protection.
 Tostan
Tostan's mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based
on respect for human rights. Peace Corps has worked with Tostan, which is an international NGO headquartered in Dakar and founded
by a former Senegal Peace Corps Volunteer, on a variety of projects. These have included projects to promote education improvement for girls,
solid waste management and composting for environmental health enhancement, and support of local language literacy programs.
 Peace Corps Senegal
SeneGAD is run by current Peace Corps Senegal volunteers. Peace corps Senegal has over 150 volunteers working in twelve of Senegal's fourteen regions.
Volunteers work in Sustainable Rural Agriculture, Agroforestry, Health, Environmental Education,
Urban Agriculture, Ecotourism, and Small Business Development.
SeneGAD helps volunteers integrate gender awareness into their work on a daily basis.
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