Small Acts. Lasting Change.
Since 2014, Baobab Group has worked hand-in-hand with communities in Senegal, funding what they need, the way they need it.
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New branchOn to Baobab 2! Asociación Baobab Euskal Herria
What started with a shipment of glasses has grown into a second home base in the Basque Country and Navarre.
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On to Baobab 2! Asociación Baobab Euskal Herria
What started with a shipment of glasses has grown into a second home base in the Basque Country and Navarre.
Read more CloseWhat started with a shipment of glasses grew into a beautiful international story. In 2019, the first shipment of glasses left from the Federación Internacional de Peñas de SD Eibar, led by Mikel Porto.
Many good initiatives followed:
- hundreds of students got to know our project through talks;
- more than 20,000 pairs of glasses were collected by sports clubs, schools, companies and local councils;
- the glasses reached 10 hospitals and eye centres in the Mbour region;
- more and more people from the Basque Country discovered Senegal and became ambassadors for our project;
- our bike campaign was welcomed just as warmly.
From that enthusiasm, Asociación Baobab Euskal Herria was officially born, based in San Sebastián (Donostia). Today the Basque Country and Navarre are a second home base for our work, led by Mikel Porto (president), Virginia Topliceanu (secretary-general) and José Luis Vital (vice-president).
Together we keep building one shared dream: giving young people in Senegal every chance of a better future.
Borders disappear when people share the same goal.
RecognitionInternational recognition confirms our commitment
The Brazzaville Foundation has authorised Baobab Group to act on its behalf in developing sustainable projects in Senegal.
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International recognition confirms our commitment
The Brazzaville Foundation has authorised Baobab Group to act on its behalf in developing sustainable projects in Senegal.
Read more CloseOur work for young people in Senegal is also being noticed abroad.
The renowned Brazzaville Foundation has authorised Baobab Group to act on its behalf in developing sustainable projects in Senegal. For our association, this is a wonderful recognition of the work we have built over the past years.
The Brazzaville Foundation is an independent international non-profit that supports sustainable initiatives in Africa and is respected worldwide.
This partnership strengthens our credibility and opens the door to new projects that can improve the lives of thousands of young people.
Together we build lasting change.
Ongoing Projects
These are our current focus areas. Your support makes a direct difference right now.
Medical Equipment and Bikes
Right now, containers packed with medical equipment and bicycles are making their way to Senegal. Bikes mean a nurse can reach a remote village. A stethoscope means a health post can do its job. Simple things. Real impact.
Sponsorship
We sponsor talented young people in Senegal so they can stay in school and go further. This programme was started by a Belgian association; we took it on because we believe every gifted young person deserves the chance to see what they can become.
A record of the impactful work we have accomplished together.
School Renovation: Saly Carrefour and N'Dioufene
From a patchwork tent to a real school with solid walls, a computer lab, and a sports hall. Two schools, two communities, one shared story of what changes when you simply show up and build.
Read the storyAgriculture and Livestock
In our farming communities, BAOBAB provides village wells, cattle troughs, quality seeds, veterinary medicines, and small farming tools.
Medical Post
Carried out repairs, supplied medical equipment, installed solar power and lighting, and provide medicines and mosquito nets each year for the health post in N'Dioufene.
Pandemic Response
During the pandemic, BAOBAB shifted projects to focus fully on direct aid, providing food supplies and sanitary protection.
What We Do
We run small-scale projects across Senegal: education, healthcare, agriculture, and community welfare. Every project starts with a conversation, not a plan. We ask the communities what they need, and we work together from there. Their priorities lead. We provide the means.
Our DNA
Baobab Group is not a charity. We don't arrive with answers; we come to listen. Together with the people we have come to know, we look for solutions, however small. The goal is always the same: to make it a little easier for communities to shape their own future.
We are not a drop in the ocean. We are a seed. One that will grow, slowly, stubbornly, and magnificently, into something that gives shade, shelter, and life to everyone around it. That is what the baobab does. That is what we aim to do.
Small-scale. No-nonsense. Direct impact. Personal contact. We follow up, always.
Our History
It started with a holiday. In 2014, a small group of friends visited Saly/Mbour in Senegal and what they saw there changed everything. Guided by Moussa Ka, then a local guide and now our trusted coordinator on the ground, they visited schools in Saly-M'Bour and village communities in the Louga region. They came back with a simple conviction: the best kind of help is the kind that listens first. So we set up a lean organisation with one purpose: to fund what the communities themselves tell us they need, and to buy locally wherever possible, keeping the local economy moving. In 2017, we formalised as a V.Z.W. (non-profit association). Today, Baobab Group has active chapters in Flanders, Wallonia, and Spain, all guided by that same founding principle.
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