Young adult entrepreneurial development and support
Options Senegal invited young adults attending a technical school in Thies to comment on several subjects common to all teens. We posted initial comments on a new blog [with no last names or other contact information]. The purpose is to provide a platform for young Senegalese adults to express themselves and for young adults in [...]
Except from WSJ article by BY DREW HINSHAW. [Sunday, March 25, 2012, just hours ago] DAKAR, Senegal—Opposition voters danced in the streets of Africa’s third-oldest democracy after their 85-year-old president gracefully conceded defeat in an election that marks a triumph for democracy in a chaotic region. Fireworks exploded over this capital, a business hub for [...]
FR/EN. Dans la zone de Tivaouane de la Fédération Kajoor-Jankeen de Thiès, deux GIE : And Liguey de Pire et Goorgoorlu de Cherif Lo ont mené un programme d’éducation à l’environnement pour les élèves de trois écoles primaires qui sont Keur Kebe Gallo, KA Fall et Keur Salla Deurguene. Le programme a été coordonné localement avec [...]
EN/FR. January 30, 2012 – The Senegalese microfinance institution, Union des Institutions Mutualistes Communautaires d’Epargne et de Crédit (U-IMCEC) signed a memorandum of understanding today to provide access to financing and set up savings accounts for GIEs and GIE members in the Options Senegal Ecolign Entrepreneurial Program. U-IMCEC was formed in 1997 by ChildFund Senegal [...]
EN/FR. The Options Senegal team was invited to participate in the ChildFund and Kajoor Jankeen Federation annual Christmas party. Two-hundred seventy-five children from the Thiès area received a gift each presented by such dignitaries as Valentin Faye (photo bottom left), the Federation President. Options Sénégal a été convié à la cérémonie de l’arbre de Noel [...]
EN/FR. Kajoor-Janken is the Federation (a group of community associations) in Thies that assisted ChildFund Senegal and Options Senegal in training 75 young adults for employment and entreprenueral opportunities. In the photo, from left to right: Daniel Mbaye, Mobilisateur, Communautaire/Fandeouz Fédération; Ousmane Diaw, Chargé de l’Education et des Jeunes pour la Fédération; Valentin Faye, President de [...]
EN/FR. 13Dec2011. The first group of participants in the ChildFund Senegal/Options Senegal economic development training program in Thiès are pictured above along with their trainers and local ChildFund Senegal, Kajoor-Janken Federation and Options Senegal management. 13 DECEMBRE 2011 – Le premier groupe de participants au programme de formation en développement économique organisée par le ChildFund [...]
EN/FR. Senegalese model Ndella wears the new Options Senegal T-shirt ‘for the cause.’ Sénégalais mannequin Ndella porte le nouveau t-shirt d’Options Senegal ‘pour la cause.’
EN/FR. 22Nov11. Representatives of ChildFund Senegal and Options Senegal signed an economic empowerment partnership program agreement today in Dakar. Present at the signing for ChildFund were Emile Namesmon-N’Koa, National Director and Agbessi Constant Tchona, Program Director. Present at the signing for Options Senegal were Walter Coddington, Options for Life, LLC Managing Member, Jaryd Kase, Options [...]
