World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

On International Women's Day, WFP held a ceremony in the town of Fatick in central Senegal with women salt producers. Here, WFP Senegal Country Director Inge Breuer with a representative of the salt iodization Economic Interest Group (EIG).

Visiting the women salt producers fit the theme of the day: "empowerment of women and girls in rural areas."

The Australian government has contributed around US$ 28,000 towards the Gender Initiative Fund to support the women salt producers invest in small-scale vegetable farming.

Women of the village Gie de Mbouma collect water from a well for their vegetable gardens. The produce from these gardens includes aubergines, tomatoes and carrots.

In Mbouma village, the headmaster of a school supervises the preparation of school meals. The women will give the food from their gardens to WFP's school meals programme, making the meals more nutritious for the children.

Students line up to wash their hands before their lunch.

Students eat a lunch of rice and dried fish. The hope is that in the future the fresh produce from the women's gardens will complement these meals.