Senegal distributes food security funds to families
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In Bambey, Senegal, Marie Angélique Mame Selbé Diouf attended a ceremony where 9,218 households began receiving financial assistance.
The program, called the Food Insecurity Response Program (PSA 2026), will give each family 135,000 CFA francs. Senegal plans to support a total of 17,200 households across five departments, Bambey, Salémata, Saraya, Matam, and Goudiry, with the same amount of aid.
The government based its selection of recipients on the results of the 2026 Harmonized Framework, a tool used to assess food insecurity. Officials initiated the payments on October 16, 2026, and allocated 1,244,330,000 CFA francs to Bambey alone. Mamadou Ndiaye, a local council leader, urged recipients to use the money responsibly and prioritize their families’ basic needs. He also requested that the government focus on job training and reducing unemployment among young people and women.
