The Problem“Growing up in Kafountine, I was good at football. All I heard about was `Dakar, Dakar’, so eventually, I went there. I couldn’t believe the things I saw when I arrived. I went to visit my friend; he was living with 20 other people in a room about 4×5 meters in size. I met girls from my region who were so poor they were selling themselves just to earn enough for a ticket to go back home. I decided that when I returned to Kafountine, I would create educational and professional opportunities for the youth of my village so they wouldn’t have to travel to look for work.”
Hamidou Tanjo Diabang, Founder of Satang Diabang, Professional School, Kafountine, Senegal |
The Solution |
Kaïra Kunda, “The Home of Peace,” will be the first farm-to-table restaurant in the Casamance region of Senegal. It will rely on sustainable permaculture principles to grow pesticide-free fruits and vegetables and prepare delicious nutrient-rich meals for the local community of Kafountine. Building and running the farm and restaurant will also create jobs in an area that, while rich in beauty and natural resources, is poor in monetary benefits.
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Our Community |
We will soon begin offering sustainable living courses which will continue throughout the lifecycle of the project - from preparing the land to sowing seeds to harvest, and then to preparation, we will work in tandem with Tanjo's professional school to give the youth of Kafountine the opportunity to grow their careers on our farm.
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