Anti-poverty Initiative, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

Anti-Poverty Initiative (API) is a non-profit organization formed in March 2004. API is committed to working with poor, marginalized women to economically transform their lives through micro-credit/enterprise and savings programming. We provide a practical way to generate income and thus reduce poverty through micro-enterprise training and micro-lending to women in urban and rural communities in Senegal, West Africa.

A savings scheme, a vital component of the program, will lead the program participants to financial self-reliance in the long run. An Administrative Board comprised of experienced men and women and a small and competent staff responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization, ensure that the overall goals and objectives of API are realized.

Regular monitoring, evaluation and objective reporting are assigned top priority, as they ensure the objectives of API are realized and that donor confidence is kept.API's mission is to effectively promote poverty reduction and financial self-reliance in the communities in which it operates.

While the zeal to engage in productive activities for survival is abundant, capital is not. The goal of Anti-Poverty Initiative (API) is to help reduce poverty in both urban and rural communities in Senegal through financial and technical interventions. The purpose is to bring about economic transformation in the lives of the underprivileged.

Given adequate resources, API plans to eventually expand its poverty reduction operation to communities in neighboring African countries.

This program is in line with the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal number 3 that aims at eradicating poverty amongst women in vulnerable situations. Income generation is key to attaining this goal.

Icvolunteers - Senegal, Dakar, West Africa

ICVolunteers is an international non-profit organization specialized in the field of communications, in particular languages, communication technologies and conference support.

We work to create opportunities for development and commitment on personal and professional levels through volunteerism and support -- through direct action and networking -- partners in implementing social and educational programs.

Masianday Peace Foundation, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

Masianday Peace Foundation is a Non-Governmental Organisation established in 1996, with the firm commitment to help initiate, promote and encourage the process of peace building, community reconciliation and human development through awareness-building and local self-help efforts.

These include leadership training, greater participation of women in decision-making and in community development activities, emphasising the importance of ecology and the use of appropriate technology in conserving and preserving the environment.

We strive to help create a socio economic environment conducive to the promotion of peace, the well-being of rural communities and total human development. On the other hand, we also offer quality products and services to our costumers in our bid to develop and promote the African culture through arts, Crafts, artefacts, carvings, cuisines,african embroidered clothings field for the benefit of our culture and tradition.

West African Journalists Association Waja Senegal, West Africa

Promote unity and solidarity among journalists in West Africa, as well as journalists from other countries in Africa and the rest of the world;

Defending the highest possible standards of journalistic ethics;

Defending the highest possible standards of journalistic ethics;

Promoting freedom of expression, the basis of freedom of the press;

Provide effective protection to journalists against political pressures, economic, ideological and cultural;

Encourage exchanges between media professionals in the region;

Encourage closer cooperation with African organizations and international media.

United Nations Development Programme Undp Senegal, West Africa

The UNDP Senegal program focuses on strengthening national capacities to achieve the best results.National Execution (NEX) is the standard by which projects and programs are implemented with an appeal to the specialized agencies of United Nations,

civil society and the private sector.

Unfpa Senegal

The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) provides leadership for population activities in developing countries.

Present in Senegal since 1975, UNFPA started its activities through projects of national importance and then by five-year program cycles consistent. UNFPA is currently supporting the Senegalese Government in achieving its objectives on population and development through its fifth assistance program covering the period 2002-2006.

Suffolk University Dakar Campus, Senegal West Africa

Suffolk University, like its home city of Boston, is alive with intellectual and cultural vigor. Here the emphasis is on teaching, scholarship, and community.

The University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 70 areas of study through its College of Arts and Sciences, Sawyer Business School, and Law School.

With campuses on three continents—in Boston; Madrid, Spain; and Dakar, Senegal—as well as satellite locations in Eastern Massachusetts, Suffolk has expanded its founding vision of opportunity to a global stage
Suffolk University is a private, comprehensive, urban university located on historic Beacon Hill in Boston, with three other Massachusetts locations and international campuses in Madrid, Spain, and Dakar, Senegal.

Suffolk University’s mission is to provide quality education at a reasonable cost for students of all ages and backgrounds with strong emphasis on diversity.

The University is committed to educating students to become lifelong learners, as well as professionals who lead and serve the communities in which they live and work.

The University seeks to prepare students to live in a diverse, global society, appreciating the richness of various cultures.

The University accomplishes its mission by providing educational opportunities through undergraduate study, graduate study, and professional training.

Suffolk University is a teaching University, where research and scholarship are interrelated with the unique character of each academic discipline. It does so by means of courses that provide theoretical, experiential, and practical dimensions.

The University supports and encourages diversity in a challenging, supportive environment for motivated and capable students from various backgrounds and cultures.