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Partner

Unies Vers'Elles
Date of creation : 2009
Activity : La Maison Rose provides shelter to women from the streets of Dakar (Senegal), victims of severe violence (rape, incest, forced prostitution), together with their children; along with guidance for social reintegration.
City : Dakar
Country : Senegal

La Maison Rose

NGO Partnership
/ 2011

Field	Women’s Rights
Country	Senegal
City	Dakar
Beneficiaries	Girls and women living in the street with their children
Number of beneficiaries	Between 50 and 200

Context

The Project

Purposes

Located in a destitute suburb of Dakar, the Maison Rose provides shelter to adolescent girls, young single mothers and their children, and women victims of severe physical or mental violence, where they receive guidance and support for personal reconstruction and socio-economic reintegration.

Activities

The Maison Rose provides shelter to all women and housing for some of the women and their children.
It provides support to help them start small businesses as income generating activities: vegetable cropping, sewing, embroidery, etc.
In partnership with other NGOs, the Maison Rose also organises literacy classes or theatre workshops to help the sheltered women consider their professional future.

Lastly, the association organises awareness meetings focussed on issues linked to women’s vulnerability, in an effort to promote equal opportunities, tolerance and dialogue in the neighbourhood.