Senegal and Sierra Leone
Senegal
From the mid-1990s, Senegal enjoyed a decade as one of the best-performing economies’ in sub-Saharan Africa. But the global crisis has taken its toll, and a population that imports all its oil and wheat and 80 percent of its rice is still recovering from the steep rise in fuel and food prices. Today the UN Human Development Index rates Senegal in the lowest 8%, and over half of the population are living on less that £1.25 a day. The good news is that child sponsor support is helping thousands of families across central and southern Senegal to build a better future for their children. Much of World Vision’s work is focused on improving health care and ensuring access to safe, clean water.
Sierra Leone
Still recovering from the impact of civil war, many families in Sierra Leone are grateful to World Vision child sponsors for helping to improve their schools, farms, and local healthcare. Currently over 3,300 children have World Vision UK sponsors, with donations helping many thousands more. World Vision is currently helping children who were working in mines to return to school, ensuring their human rights and helping their parents establish a sustainable income independent of child labour. Your help also equips schools with buildings, books, furniture, qualified teachers – and enthusiastic pupils, whose families recognise the long-term value of their children’s education.
