Browsing Tag Chronic Poverty Research Center
SENEGAL: Center Kër Don Bosco Trains 220 in Professional Trades and Literacy Education
By MissionNewswire at April 21, 2016 | 8:26 am

(MissionNewswire) A Salesian-run project trained 70 women in professional trades and 150 women in literacy courses at the Center Kër Don Bosco in Dakar, the capital and largest city in Senegal. This training project was aimed at mothers, pregnant women and single women with daughters. The goal was to combat the high unemployment rate of the many vulnerable women with more...
Africa , In the News , OTHER Salesian News (not SM specific) , Senegal , West Africa
SENEGAL: Salesian Educators and Coaches Attend Real Madrid Foundation Socio-Sports Training Course
By MissionNewswire at January 19, 2016 | 6:46 pm
(MissionNewswire) The Real Madrid Foundation's technical team recently made a trip to Senegal to provide a training course for Salesian staff based on its “They play, we educate” program model. The training, which was attended by 16 coaches and educators from Salesian-run socio-sports programs across Senegal, was held at the Don Bosco Kër Center in Dakar, the largest more...
Africa , In the News , OTHER Salesian News (not SM specific) , Senegal , West Africa
SENEGAL: New Don Bosco Center Offers Vocational and Literacy Programs for Poor Youth and Women
By MissionNewswire at February 24, 2015 | 7:33 am

(MissionNewswire) Center Kër Don Bosco officially opened at the end of January in Dakar, the capital and largest city in Senegal. The new center will provide education, vocational training and apprenticeship opportunities to disadvantaged youth and women living in the Yoff district on the outskirts of the city. The center is part of an ongoing Salesian educational more...
SENEGAL: New Vocational Training Program Brings Opportunities to Girls
By MissionNewswire at November 15, 2013 | 12:58 pm

(MissionNewswire) Located on the west coast of Africa, Senegal has close to half its population living in poverty. Crop failures due to extreme weather have impacted the economy and, combined with a recent ban on street beggars, has taken away the only source of income from many families. A recent report by the Chronic Poverty Research Center found that not only are 60 more...