Africa: What Happens When We Leave an Intervention Country?

9 May 2014
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Terre des hommes (Tdh) development projects are made to last. The Foundation works directly with local actors to strengthen their skills in the field of child protection. This participatory approach is aimed at making the population the agents of change. So when Tdh left Senegal, the delegation worked with eleven animators on the sustainability of their projects beyond the departure date of Tdh in early 2014. Back to the stages of the closure of the delegation in Senegal.

Present in northern Senegal since the 1980s, the Foundation has developed mother and child health projects while conducting preventative health work among communities so that people adopt good hygiene practices. Through visits to remote areas, Tdh animators made people aware of the importance of key areas of health and nutrition in order to guarantee the sustainability of their projects.

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