2023
Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF) is an NGO that for the last 40 years has been helping the most vulnerable farming families to develop their agricultural and livestock activities, in order to combat food insecurity in the long term. Every year, AVSF runs around 60 cooperation programmes in some 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and South America and the Caribbean. In Africa, the NGO has been active for several years in Vélingara Department, one of the poorest regions in Senegal.
Since 2016, the Bel Foundation has supported AVSF on several occasions in this region to help relocate milk production while combating malnutrition in local communities. The Foundation’s long-standing support for AVSF’s work has made it possible to strengthen networks of cooperative mini-dairies, including through the “Milk for Kids” project. This has enabled local dairy products to be supplied to the region’s school canteens, improving pupils’ nutrition. By bolstering the production, processing and sales capacities of the Senegalese milk sector, AVSF has also enabled many families to increase their income and thus improve their living conditions in the long term.
The Bel Foundation’s support in 2023 will enable the “Milk for Kids” project to be rolled out to new canteens.
What are the project’s expected results?
A total of more than 1,500 pupils aged 6 to 12 will have access to these meals.
