The Citizenship programme at the University of

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• The Citizenship programme at the University of
• Cheikh Anta Diop
• In Dakar

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What does it entail?
The Citizenship Programme at UCAD involves a
range of development activities (Environment,
Health, Literacy and Information Technology) that
the University has been running since 2000 across
Sénégal, in order to promote a sense of
citizenship and community service among students
and primarily to support marginalised communities
in the resolution of their problems and the
challenges that impede their development.
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The Four Areas
Environement
Health
Literacy
I. T.
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History

• How did these ideas emerge?
• Environment
• - The desert is advancing
• - Biodiversity is diminishing
• - Local people remain unaware of these issues
• Health
• - 40 of the population have access to health
  care
• - 70 of health facilities are concentrated in
  Dakar
• - Access to specialist treatment remains very
  limited
• Literacy
• - The Literacy rate has increased, (84)
• - In rural areas it is a great deal worse
• - Many village advisors know only how to sign
  their names

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Collaboration and Partnership

• Club SN ASAN SAES
• The University Administration
• Department of Water and Forests
• Les Frères Guissé
• The Ministry of Education
• The Ministry of the Environment
• The Ministry of Health
• The Ministry for Literacy in the national
  languages of Francaphone Africa
• The Port of Dakar The Millenium Challenge
• National Universities
• Foreign Universities

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COLLABORATION and PARTNERSHIP

• Arcellor MITTAL
• Fondation Sonatel
• Coopération Française
• Isra
• UICN
• ADIE
• ARTP
• BA-EAU-BAB

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Sites visited
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Achievements 2005- 2008
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Achievements 2008
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IMPACTS

• At Community Level
• Raised awareness of the importance of
• nature conservation
• An improved understanding of the local
  environment
• and how to care for it e.g.Malka Forest)
• - A changed view of university students
• At University Level
• - Improved efficiency at the University
• A different approach to pedagogy
• At student level
• An awareness of different conditions of life
  around the
• world and the implicatons of these for health and
  education
• - Better understanding of health and agricultural
  systems
• - Involvement in sport and other socio-cultural
  activities

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IMPACTS (continued)
The Rural University and the Great Green Wall
UCAD rural, a vision of a university as a servant
of the nation and of development Sites of the
Green Wall Widu Thiegoly, Tessekere Reforestation
sites A. senegal L., A. tortilis raddiana, B.
aegyptiaca L., Z. mauritiana L.
Tamarindus indica L. et Jatropha
curcas L. Numbers of plants 16.420 (Tessekéré)
27.800 (Widu Thiengoly) 44.220
plants. Surface areas improved 86 Ha
(Tessekéré) 222 Ha (Widu ) 308 Ha
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PERSPECTIVES

• Empower student actions and employment,
  stimulate partnership and expand operational
  sites
• Establish a Citizenship office at the university
  which is adequately equipped
• Create the possibility for students to carry out
  their training and practical periods on different
  sites
• Encourage the University to be at the service of
  the community in improving living conditions
• Involve local structures and organisations
  further in the development of these activities.

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