Senegal

Women from Yeumbel North collect their cash vouchers, which they can redeem at local food stores to buy rice, millet, maize, sugar and oil.

Copyright: WFP/Mbacke Diop

Cash Vouchers Put Food Within Reach of Senegal Families

More than 17,000 families living the urban slums of Senegal no longer have to choose between food and other necessities thanks to a new cash voucher programme that provides them with money to pay for groceries. The project is also a boon to local businesses, which have fallen on hard times amid the economic downturn.

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Overview

Although it is one of the region’s more stable countries, Senegal remains a low-income, food-deficit nation with an estimated population of 12.9 million. In the 2010 UNDP Human Development Index, Senegal ranks 144th out of 169 countries. 

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Country at a glance 2011
Planned Beneficiaries1,134,787
Beneficiary needs (mt)14,052
Beneficiary needs ($US)16,159,199
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