LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of people in Senegal are getting help from Louisville.
The nonprofit SOS and Aesha’s African Baskets raised money and donations to send medical supplies to the west African country.
A 40-foot truck was filled with medical supplies headed for a neighborhood in Senegal.
“Today when I just got here, and I saw the container and I see the boxes cause I couldn’t fathom, like I know it was coming, but I didn’t know, like those boxes will be and I will be standing next to the container with the bassinets knowing it’s going to my neighborhood,” said Aesha Ndao, owner of Aesha’s African Baskets.
Ndao makes African baskets that she sells to raise money to buy supplies for her community.
“Baskets have multipurpose, and people love it here. So, when we started here, we was very people welcome it really, really nice and with the proceeds we was able to do a lot of social stuff back home in Senegal,” Ndao said.
This shipment is focusing on maternal health and providing equipment for a new delivery and labor ward in Senegal. According to the U.S. Agency for International Development, the maternal mortality rate in Senegal is 315 deaths per 100,000 births. That’s over 14 times higher than the U.S.
Source: https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2024/07/09/supplies-to-senegal
