{"id":3155,"date":"2023-04-13T10:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatefund.nf-int.org\/news\/die-rolle-von-frauen-im-projekt-obstbaeume-fuer-senegalesische-doerfer\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:52:59","slug":"the-role-of-women-in-the-fruit-trees-for-senegalese-villages-project","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/climatefund.nf-int.org\/en\/news\/the-role-of-women-in-the-fruit-trees-for-senegalese-villages-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of women in the \u201cFruit trees for Senegalese villages\u201d project"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Senegal | April 2023 | Ingeborg Pint
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Exactly ten years ago, after a series of impressive trips to Senegal that I had the pleasure of accompanying, I portrayed four women who, to me, were exemplary in different areas of Senegalese women\u2019s empowerment and commitment to independence. On a recent trip, I was able to visit two of these strong women again with the group I accompanied and see how they have progressed over the past ten years.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1648051832433{background-color: #e2f4e7 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3135″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″ css=”.vc_custom_1681373634845{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_icon type=”entypo” icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-quote” color=”custom” size=”lg” custom_color=”#38b655″ css=”.vc_custom_1648026719669{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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I love the trees because they play a vital role for us. The fruit trees not only provide food for us, they are also a natural pharmacy. I water my plants day and night, and fertilise them regularly so that they grow.<\/p>\n

Faty Hamadi Sall aus Loboudou, Senegal
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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1648031449236{margin-top: -20px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]During our trip, we also visited villages in northern Senegal where the NFI Climate Fund supported the planting of fruit trees in the family homesteads. Here, too, the women play an important role: they are the ones who take care of the trees, sell the harvested fruit or use it themselves (directly from the tree or processed).<\/p>\n

In this way, they contribute to the family income on the one hand, and on the other hand the fruit also provides healthy food \u2013 and the trees give shade and thus also improve the climate in the villages.<\/p>\n

We were able to meet many of these women in the villages of Lobodou, Dou\u00e9 and Dimatt and also ask some of them what significance the fruit trees have for them.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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