Beehives for farmers' groups in Senegal
Action zones
Île-de-France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bretagne
Pays de la Loire
Africa
The project
International solidarityWomen rights
Laafi supports a group of women farmers in Senegal towards economic autonomy through training in beekeeping and the creation of income-generating activities.
6000
beekeepersaccompanied
250
metric tonsof honey produced per year
2
xaverage farmer's salary doubled thanks to beekeeping
Solution
The SENAPI project aims to support the development of beekeeping as an income-generating activity complementary to market gardening: by providing beehives, training in beekeeping, and structuring the resale of honey at a price fixed upstream. Our solution enables women farmers to become self-sufficient, protect the rich biodiversity of the Casamance region and its mangroves, and develop a prosperous beekeeping industry that respects the environment. It's a tried-and-tested program, as the association has already developed it with over 6,000 beekeepers in Burkina Faso, whose salaries were sometimes doubled with beekeeping activities. The potential for expansion in Senegal is immense, in a country where demand for honey far exceeds production, and in such a melliferous region as Casamance.
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Diagnostic study launched
Hello Captains!
The SENAPI project starts with a field diagnostic phase, carried out with our partner the Fondation Energies pour le Monde, where we will gather information on the needs of beneficiaries and the state of the beekeeping sector: beekeeper profile, commercial outlets, production practices, mapping of players...
This is an essential activity as it enables us to better size the activities and women's training courses, to select the localities and participants, already having a good vision of their needs and potential.
The technical training courses will start at the end of 2024 with our local service provider APISEN, we'll tell you more in the next news...
Don't hesitate to support this fine project for women's emancipation and the protection of biodiversity in West Africa! Thank you
The SENAPI project starts with a field diagnostic phase, carried out with our partner the Fondation Energies pour le Monde, where we will gather information on the needs of beneficiaries and the state of the beekeeping sector: beekeeper profile, commercial outlets, production practices, mapping of players...
This is an essential activity as it enables us to better size the activities and women's training courses, to select the localities and participants, already having a good vision of their needs and potential.
The technical training courses will start at the end of 2024 with our local service provider APISEN, we'll tell you more in the next news...
Don't hesitate to support this fine project for women's emancipation and the protection of biodiversity in West Africa! Thank you
Meeting with the women's group in Senegal
Hello to all the Captains Laafi, first of all a immense thank you for choosing our beekeeping project in Senegal, it warms our hearts.
The SENAPI project officially started in April, and we were able to make a mission to Senegal to meet the partners and especially the women's group: discuss their needs, their beekeeping knowledge, size the training courses.... This is always a very rich and essential first step in setting up a program as close as possible to the realities on the ground.
We were able to visit their market gardening plots and identify areas to install hives in the mangroves.
The training courses will start in the autumn, followed by the provision of 5 hives per woman. Stay tuned!
The SENAPI project officially started in April, and we were able to make a mission to Senegal to meet the partners and especially the women's group: discuss their needs, their beekeeping knowledge, size the training courses.... This is always a very rich and essential first step in setting up a program as close as possible to the realities on the ground.
We were able to visit their market gardening plots and identify areas to install hives in the mangroves.
The training courses will start in the autumn, followed by the provision of 5 hives per woman. Stay tuned!
The money will be used for
- training in beekeeping
- provision of hives
- purchase of beekeeping outfits
- gender awareness workshops
- beekeeping expertise
- project coordination
- provision of hives
- purchase of beekeeping outfits
- gender awareness workshops
- beekeeping expertise
- project coordination
4
hours of beekeeping training for a woman
already funded23 difts
Action zones
Île-de-France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bretagne
Pays de la Loire
Africa
"I'm convinced that beekeeping can be a means of income for the farming world."
Désiré Yameogo
Founder & Director of Laafi in Burkina Faso
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