The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Supports Sustainable Livelihoods Donate Now Sustainable livelihoods and conservation are interconnected. Because for conservation initiatives to work, food security and income security must be accessible to community members. People must be able to make money in sustainable ways. Alternatively, when food security and income security are not present – when sustainable livelihoods are not possible – resource overuse wins and conservation initiatives lose. Our planet suffers. Women farmers in the Kedougou region of Senegal are working together to address this challenge, and to ensure people can live in better harmony with the natural world. The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada is supporting this work, but we need your help. What We're Doing Building Community Resilience to Climate Change in Senegal Through this project, we’re working with partners, community members, and farmers to promote gender equality and ensure women have greater decision-making roles. We’re also supporting women, who are the primary collectors of firewood, to produce and market biomass briquettes – which are alternative fuel sources that reduce the need to cut down trees. On top of that, we’re providing women farmers with climate-smart agricultural techniques and inputs, including fonio husking machines. Now, instead of spending an entire week husking 50 kilos of fonio by hand, women can husk the same amount of fonio in 20 minutes – which gives them more time to do other income-generating activities. Learn More How You Can Help This work is important, and it’s only possible because of your generosity. Please donate today to ensure this kind of work – and this progress – can continue. We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place – or not to bother. Dr. Jane Goodall
