
Senegal: Addressing a Taboo Topic
In Senegal, domestic violence is often considered normal, and conversations about how bodies and relationships change during adolescence are widely regarded as taboo. As a result, cases of abuse frequently
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In Senegal, domestic violence is often considered normal, and conversations about how bodies and relationships change during adolescence are widely regarded as taboo. As a result, cases of abuse frequently

Escalating Violence and Displacement Gang violence in Haiti has intensified in recent years and surged following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in late April 2024. Despite the appointment

Overuse of salty bouillon cubes is commonplace in West Africa. For vulnerable families in Senegal, their health is not only impacted by inadequate calorie intake, but also by diets high

Nenpin, 33, and her husband, Joel, live with their four children in Gochom, a small village in Nigeria. Because of ongoing poverty, neither of them was able to complete primary

World Renew recognizes that healthy families help build strong communities. In Houaylai and neighbouring Nanoy—remote villages in Laos—families rely on what they grow, gather, fish, and hunt to survive. At

Yuri, 35, lives in a mountainside community on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In her neighbourhood, families navigate daily challenges such as limited access to water, food insecurity, unemployment, and

Shortly after Amy* was born in Senegal, her mother died. Devastated by the loss, Amy’s grandmother, Khadja, was desperate to understand what had caused her daughter’s death. A doctor eventually

The residents of Khargi village in Laos regularly travel to neighbouring Phonxay village to access health care and to buy and sell goods. Children in grades 6 through 9 from

After disruptions caused by the COVID‑19 pandemic, World Renew’s Senegal team was grateful to once again offer the Adolescent Health and Rights program in full. In 2022, 90 adolescents took

Violence against women remains a harsh reality in many parts of the world. In Zambia, for example, nearly half of married women have experienced violence by a spouse. Grounded in