Madar (Dakar) - Senegalese authorities on Friday, November 13, 2026 launched the distribution of school kits and menstrual hygiene kits to adolescent girls benefiting from a sub-project called "Keeping girls in school", with funding of more than 493 million CFA francs, the Senegalese state daily Le Soleil reported.
The official handover and launch ceremony was co-chaired by National Education Minister Moustapha Mamba Guirassy and Minister of Family, Social Action and Solidarity Marie Angelique Mame Selbe Diouf, according to the same source. The sub-project is part of the SWEDD+ Senegal project and is supported by the World Bank and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The operation, worth a total of 493,570,647 CFA francs, covers 18,893 school kits valued at 211,692,147 CFA francs and 5,925 menstrual hygiene kits worth 281,878,500 CFA francs, made available to the Ministry of National Education for distribution.
The school kits are meant to ease the burden on families and help girls obtain school supplies, while the hygiene kits are intended to protect the health and dignity of adolescent girls and support regular attendance, according to the newspaper, which noted that families' economic difficulties and constraints linked to menstrual hygiene can affect girls' presence in class.
Guirassy said access to education could not be reduced to simply enrolling in a school, adding that it "requires that every child be able to learn in dignified and favourable conditions until the end" of their schooling. The initiative falls, according to the newspaper, within the "Senegal 2050" vision, which places education and equity at the heart of national development.
