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                 How our community






                 investments are







                 changing lives through






                 environmental and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In Senegal, we have planted more than





                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  5,000 trees, including native Baobab trees,
                 energy initiatives                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               along the access routes to the wind farm



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  and in schools and public places in the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  local community.













                                                                                                                       In Senegal, we funded the construction of 25

                                                                                                                       solar-powered water boreholes for farmers.

                                                                                                                       Faced with drier weather conditions due

                                                                                                                       to climate change, farmers are now able

                                                                                                                       to irrigate their crops and have a longer

                                                                                                                       growing season, therefore increasing their

                                                                                                                       household income. This project was a result
                                                                                                                       of us successfully completing livelihood

                                                                                                                       restoration projects for communities

                                                                                                                       affected by construction of the Taiba N’Diaye
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In Senegal, we funded municipal waste
                                                                                                                       wind farm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                management facilities in a local village.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Before this, residents had no option but to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                walk for miles to dump household waste
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                on the surrounding land. There is now a

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                dedicated waste sorting facility with 15

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                collection points, which has created 17 jobs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and collected and processed over 7,900

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                tonnes of waste to date.
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