Project profile — Multisectoral support for recovery after COVID-19 in Senegal

• Senegal (100.00%)

• Primary education:
Primary education (11220) (31.00%)
Basic life skills for youth (11231) (4.00%)
• Health, General: Health policy and administrative management (12110) (5.00%)
• Basic health care:
Basic health care (12220) (3.00%)
Basic nutrition (12240) (1.00%)
Health education (12261) (8.00%)
Health personnel development (12281) (4.00%)
• Health: COVID-19 control (12264) (5.00%)
• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (7.00%)
Population statistics and data (13096) (5.00%)
• Water And Sanitation: Basic drinking water supply (14031) (5.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (7.00%)
• Social/welfare services:
Social/welfare services (16010) (2.00%)
Employment policy and administrative management (16020) (5.00%)
Multi-sector aid for basic social services (16050) (8.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Children's issues (principal objective)
• Youth Issues (principal objective)
• Nutrition (significant objective)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

This project aims to improve the well being of the most vulnerable children, particularly young girls and adolescent girls, by supporting the relaunch and improving the quality of essential services in health, nutrition, education and child protection that have been delayed or disrupted in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic. The project also aims to reduce gender inequalities and support the empowerment of women and girls to increase their resilience to crises and strengthen their role at the social, economic and community level. Finally, the project improves the planning, management, coordination and collaborative response associated with the current crisis, while laying the groundwork for the more effective management of future crises. Project activities include: (1) building staff capacity and strengthening health, education and child protection structures and facilities through training, the supply of equipment, and the procurement and distribution of essential nutritional inputs; (2) implementing special measures to respond to the specific challenges caused by the pandemic, such as financial support to address the risk of children dropping out of school, supporting children to return to school, and the civil registration of undeclared children; (3) strengthening the skills and resilience of women and girls to participate in and lead initiatives that focus on civic engagement, advocating for their rights, entrepreneurship and decision making within their communities; and (4) strengthening the intra- and inter sectoral structures and mechanisms for evidence-based decision making at the central and decentralized levels, taking into account gender dimensions in order to better respond to the challenges that have been exacerbated by the health crisis.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved access to quality social services in health, nutrition, education and child protection involving communities to address the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic; (2) improved resilience among women and girls within their communities to address the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic; and (3) improved and gender sensitive follow up and coordination of the sectoral responses to address the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic.

Results achieved as of March 2025 include: (1) supplied 100% of health facilities and health huts (300 health facilities, 300 health huts, and 300 community sites); (2) 5 out of 6 planned reference tools for child protection finalized and made available to service providers; (3) 33,549 children and adolescents (19,418 girls and 14,131 boys) benefited from school reintegration and vocational training programs, exceeding the initial target of 30,000; (4) 258,479 individuals (including 84,041 girls, 59,926 boys, 67,665 women, and 46,847 men) sensitized on violence, abuse, and harmful practices, far surpassing the target of 90,000; (5) 21,558 people (12,662 women and 8,171 men) informed about civil registration procedures, exceeding the annual target of 20,000 and achieving a completion rate of over 100%; (6) 709 schools (71% of the target of 1,000) established girls’ clubs and self-help groups. These platforms provide integrated services, including protection from violence and child marriage, menstrual hygiene management, access to water and quality latrines, and life skills development for both girls and boys; (7)100% of reported cases of violence, abuse, and harmful practices integrated into the reporting mechanisms of the health, education, and justice sectors; and (8)17 functional departmental child protection committees regularly produced routine protection data, exceeding the target of 13.

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