Kasofor: Resilience of island communities in Casamance in the face of climate change

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Our action

The KASOFOR project is the result of a partnership between three European NGOs active in Senegal: Fondem, Eclosio, and CEAS. Each with its own areas of expertise, the collaboration between these three organizations increases the impact of the project. The project was designed with a strong focus on the complementarity of the interventions between the three organizations in order to achieve a common goal.   

The goal is to sustainably improve the resilience of the populations of the Kafountine Islands in the face of climate change, through a sustainable and threefold innovative territorial approach:  

Socio-organizational: by strengthening governance around sustainable natural resource management, supporting existing local structures, and raising awareness among populations to stimulate citizen engagement.  

Economic: by creating sustainable economic opportunities through supporting the integration of 150 women and young people into promising and sustainable local value chains;

Technique: by improving access to and management of essential services (electricity and water);