The people in Baraka will remember this day for the rest of their lives: The President of Senegal, Mr. Machy Sall, visited them in their slum in Dakar and expressed his joy about the improvements about to begin. 2000 inhabitants enthusiastically celebrated the President addressing them in their mother tongue Wolof. They know that substantial […]
The final phase in Dakar has begun: Soon, excavators and construction materials will occupy the dusty clearing that until now has been used as a soccer field by children. “Since more than 20 years, I know this slum and its refugees. It was high time to put an end to their poverty and to provide […]
Students at the PBSA Düsseldorf majoring in architecture have supported the development of a district for refugees. In cooperation with the „Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA)“, they undertook a complete urban planning and design in and for the Senegalese Baraka (a refugee slum in the middle of Dakar) on behalf of the YOU Stiftung. In addition, […]
The internet site www.new-baraka.com won accolades from the jury of the Red Dot Awards in three categories: Online, E-Commerce and Social Responsibility.
Duesseldorf, Christmas 2022 Dear friends of YOU Foundation, Dear supporters and partners, Another year is coming to an end. We experience moments of great danger for our one world. Conflicts, war and climate disaster, mistrust and division, extreme poverty, hunger and disease, massive displacement and resettlement and huge refugee movements. With each of these threats, […]
