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SOS Villages d'Enfants Monde has announced that it has just received a donation of €9,000 from L.S.C. Engineering Group for the Luxembourg NGO's development programmes in Senegal.

L.S.C. Engineering Group, which brings together several consulting engineering offices in Luxembourg and abroad, recently made a donation to its new partner, SOS Villages d'Enfants Monde, for the four development programmes in Senegal that the association has been supporting since 2017.

L.S.C. Engineering Group presented a cheque for €9,000 to Sophie Glesener, Director of SOS Villages d'Enfants Monde, and Anne Schweizer, Partnerships Manager, during an informal meeting at the Group's headquarters in Capellen. Associates Marcel Hetto, Olivier Webert, Myriam Hengesch, Alain Wagner, Franck Arendt and Carine Kolber represented L.S.C. Engineering Group on this occasion.

Marcel Hetto, Director of L.S.C. Engineering Group, commented: “Present in Senegal since the 1980s and familiar with the difficulties that some children may experience there, it was important for us to get more involved and make our contribution to a living environment where children can grow and develop in complete safety".

During the meeting, SOS Villages d'Enfants Monde also thanked the management and teams of L.S.C. Engineering Group and briefly presented the four community programmes which prioritise the protection of children as well as respect for their rights and well-being. To achieve this, these programmes count on a collective dynamic promoting new forms of solidarity and the empowerment of families. In Pikine, Louga, Kaolack and Kolda, 1,400 young people and 300 families are involved in these programmes which form part of the path to sustainable development.

Commenting on the programmes, Sophie Glesener stated: "They show positive results both in terms of awareness of the importance of child protection and in terms of improving the economic situation of families who, little by little, can meet the needs alone children”.

According to SOS Villages d'Enfants Monde, these programmes, which the Luxembourg association will support until 2021, are already bearing fruit in other communities thanks to the natural impact of good practices.