Enfance et Paix

Enfance et Paix ("Childhood and Peace") is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in Dakar, the capital of Senegal in West Africa, in 1992. In 1996 Enfance et Paix extended its reach to the then war-torn Southern region of Casamance. In Sédhiou, a small town in the central part of the region, abandoned houses were cleaned up to house and school children of all ages, especially those without families. As a non-profit and non-religious organisation, Enfance et Paix's efforts concentrate in particular on the school education of children as well as on contributing to food security, local and regional entrepreneurship, community and cross-border dialogue and the spread of knowledge about nutrition, health and wellbeing.

Education

Enfance et Paix's schools in Sédhiou and Dakar
Our Scholastic Mission

Food Security

Food Distribution
Agricultural Training
Installation of System of Solidarity

Peace-Building

Community and Cross-Border Dialogue
Reconstruction of Conflict Zones
Conflict Response and Prevention

Public Health

Reviving the Health System in Conflict Zones
Accessibility and Spread of Health Information
Accessibility of Health Services for the Disadvantaged

Entrepreneurship and Micro-Finance

Fighting Poverty
Training in Literacy, Business Administration and Financial Management
Facilitating Access to Micro-Credits

Photo Galleries

How You Can Help!

How to make a monetary donation
How to donate utensils
Enfance et Paix's Contact Details

EDUCATION

SCHOLASTIC MISSION

Enfance et Paix directs two schools free of tuition fees in Senegal, one in Sédhiou and in one in Dakar, consisting of a pre-school, a primary and secondary school, and a college. Our scholastic mission, however, is to enable local people to help themselves, by providing them both with the means to educate themselves and with a strong incentive to do so. The main aim of our work, therefore, is to enhance the scholastic system in Senegal generally and to revive the educational system in the Southern region of Casamance, particularly in what have been zones of insecurity. We attempt to do this by:

Providing housing, medical assistance, food and education for children displaced or otherwise affected by the Casamance conflict.
Providing housing, medical assistance, food and education for juvenile parents, especially young single mothers.
Monitoring scholastic canteens with 300 partner schools in the Casamance, in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), by providing every child who attends school with a free meal after classes.
Building and providing classroom equipment for our partner schools
Training of community volunteers

Si la paix est or, que l'or soit pour les enfants.

EDUCATION