As of June, 5th 2017 the CDC states that about 700 women in the United States die each year at delivery or soon after delivery due to complications during childbirth (https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth). A USAID report states that in Senegal, “almost 1,800 women will lose their lives every year while giving birth. The major cause of these deaths is massive, uncontrolled bleeding following delivery, a condition known as postpartum hemorrhage” (www.usaid.gov). In an effort

Malaria in Senegal Kaolack is a town in Medina Baye, Senegal with about 170,000 people on the North Bank of the Saloum River. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders Gambia to the south. While the number of reported malaria cases has decreased in recent years, malaria is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and a priority for the Senegalese government. Malaria is endemic throughout Senegal, and the entire population is at risk. Vulnerable groups

Food Insecurity in Senegal Senegal has a population of 15 million people of which 46.7% live in poverty, and 50% are food insecure (World Food Programme, 2017). Reoccurring droughts and floods have lead to severe weakening of food security in northern and central Senegal. Senegal’s economy depends on cash crops and fishing, both of which have been affected by climate change. The result has been harvest deficits in 2014 and 2015 (www.wfg.org). What is CNP’s mission? Our miss

Whenever I speak about the Cisse Niass Project people are curious to know how we began. In 2013 I was asked by a community leader in Senegal, Africa to help the villages of Kaolack and Kahone in Senegal build a school. As an educational leader and change maker I understood that a school cannot stand without supporting programs for food, health and medicines. Over the last three and a half years I developed the Cisse Niass Project, a non-profit humanitarian aid organization. C