Polish aid

Senegal has been a Polish Aid priority country since 2016. Support is provided mainly through co‑financing projects carried out by Polish NGOs selected in calls for proposals, as well as through initiatives of Polish diplomatic missions implemented in cooperation with local partners. In addition, Senegalese students can benefit from the Stefan Banach Scholarship Programme.

In 2024, NGOs implemented 3 initiatives and the Polish Embassy in Dakar 5 projects.

Health and nutrition

Activities carried out under Polish Aid 2024 projects focused on health care and improving the quality of education. Health centres were built, modernised, and equipped, with particular emphasis on maternity and childbirth care, as well as combating malnutrition.

Training was conducted in prenatal diagnostics, delivery techniques, medical treatment, and the operation of medical equipment, aimed at reducing pregnancy‑ and childbirth‑related complications, including lowering maternal and neonatal mortality. Project activities also sought to improve the quality of nutrition for children under the age of five and to ensure better hospitalisation conditions for the youngest patients suffering from severe malnutrition. The purchased project equipment and trained personnel will enable the provision of services both at stationary health centres and in mobile form.

Education

In the city of Thiès, located in western Senegal, a new educational facility has been built to help the region’s children and young people access education. Thanks to the next phase of the project implemented in 2025, the school will be fully adapted to accommodate 400 children aged 10 to 16.

The facility will also offer extracurricular activities such as tutoring, remedial classes, and sports. These opportunities will also be available to children and adolescents who are not enrolled in the school.