RAO
Welcoming & learning Center for Street children
Location
Rao, Saint Louis, Senegal
Requirement
Welcoming & learning Center for Street children
This project is developed in collaboration with the NGO Empire des Enfants, established in 2003. The organization operates a center in Dakar providing street children with:
Shelter
Food
Psychological support
Access to education and professional training
Empire des Enfants approached LBMS to build a second center in northern Senegal, located 244 km from Dakar, to support street children in this region.
The vision is to create a center immersed in nature, where children can learn:
Agriculture and permaculture
Eco-friendly construction techniques
Skills fostering reconnection with themselves and their environment
More than a shelter, the center is conceived as an educational and training space.
Phase 1 – Service Building
Construction of:
Toilets and accessible WCs
Gathering room
Kitchen
This building will allow children from the Dakar center to attend workshops on agriculture and eco-construction using compressed earth bricks.
More to come – Next phases
Phase 2
Construction of a large multi-functional classroom for educational workshops and temporary accommodation.
Phase 3
Construction of a dormitory to provide long-term shelter for street children in the region.