GADEC
Action Group for Community Development
Tambacounda,
Senegal
Founded in 1987 by peasants, community organizers, agricultural technicians, and university staff committed to development and environmental protection, GADEC focuses on poverty alleviation and the promotion of social justice in the Tambacounda region to promote sustainable community development. The organization works to provide quality literacy education and training to enhance community development, and creates a democratic space to enable local communities to gain control of decision-making on key issues that affect their development. GADEC also promotes women's participation in decision making and socio-economic development. GADEC's programs have raised the level of literacy, improved agricultural production, environmental protection, and management, and helped provide better infrastructure at the community level.