Meliteji
Target Impact
Outreach: 75,976
Target : 20,000
Actuals : 68,663 (17,710 Women)
YIW: 25,289
Target : 5,000
Actuals : 25,289 (1,739 young women)
Status: Active
Country
Senegal
Period
November 2019 to March 2023
Industries
Dairy
Commitment
$4.97M
Impact to Date
The program has had a tremendous impact on populations of the north of Senegal, in the dairy where the milk is being collected. It has increased the revenue of the herders, providing them with a better quality of life while formalizing them to allow access to financial and business services.
2,179
herder’s household in work. 56 percent of total herders are women.
3,004
tons of milk collected in the period, for a total of $1.484 Million paid to herders.
65
total of mini-farms set up, of which 52 % are owned by women.
17
Proximity Centers built
970
Golden Shops
Partnership Focus
Strengthening of the Senegalese dairy sector that creates jobs and shared added value thanks to the professionalization of breeders, the construction of a specific market, the structuring effect of the dual economic and social effect of a dairy processing company.
In Partnership With
Laiterie du Berger was founded in 2006 with the purpose to build up the Senegalese dairy value chain, and link traditional milk producers with the cities’ growing demand for dairy products. The company is one of the largest player in fresh dairy products in Senegal, and the first certified B Corp of the country. Their core activity is the collection and transformation of fresh milk from local producers.