Senegal
An estimated 2.5 million Senegalese are facing food shortages due to rising food costs and periodic droughts and the situation is deteriorating quickly. Conflict in the Casamance Region has contributed to thousands of IDPs in the area. Many children have been forced to forgo education in order to work to help support their families and children are dying from diseases that can easily be treated because of lack of basic healthcare. Many Muslim communities in Senegal have lived for generations without a mosque in which to worship.
Masjid an-Noor in Buchekun Village - Senegal
The Muslim population of the southern Casamance Region of Senegal appealed for Zakat Foundation to construct a mosque in the Buchekun village. Despite being on the land of a once great Islamic civilization, Buchekun did not have an official mosque to perform congregational prayers and community services for the more than 5,000 Muslims in and around the village. continue reading »
Seasonal Programs
- 2009 Udhiya/Qurbani 2009
- 2008 Udhiya/Qurbani 2008
- 2007 Udhiya/Qurbani 2007
- 2006 Udhiya/Qurbani 2006
- 2002 Udhiya/Qurbani 2002-2005
Development/Sadaqa Jariyah
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Vital Stats
| Population: | 13,700,000 |
| Infant Mortality Rate: | 59 deaths / 1000 births |
| Life Expectancy: | 59 years |
| Major Diseases: | High degree of risk; bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, dengue fever, malaria, Rift Valley fever, yellow fever, and rabies |
| Religions: |
Muslim - 94% other - 6% |
| Literacy Rate: | 39 % |
| Unemployment Rate: | 48 % |
| Poverty Rate: | 54 % |
| Natural Hazards: | Lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic drought |