MIGRATORY TRAGEDY

From the Kassumay Foundation we want to echo the great tragedy that is happening on migratory routes trying to reach the Spanish coasts, mainly the Canary Islands. 6,618 people, an average of 18 each day in 2023, died trying to reach Spain, through different migration routes. 176% more than in 2022. "The...

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VERY GOOD NEWS

From the KASSUMAY FOUNDATION we want to wish you a good start to the year that lasts the twelve months, where together we can put our seeds for a better present. Despite all the news that comes to us from everywhere that makes us chill and that does not generate much hope, we want to start this first block of the year with a...

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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2021

MENTAL HEALTH COVID-19. ITS REPERCUSSION IN IMPOVERISHED COUNTRIES AND DISADVANTAGED CLASSES After more than a year and a half of pandemic, we are suffering the consequences of Covid-19, either as directly affected or as a result of this stressful situation: confinement, lack of social relations, lack of work, decreased medical care to other diseases... Obviously all this is...

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SENEGAL INDEPENDENCE DAY 2021

20 junio, Senegal Independence Day. My friend Mérie Diatta, religious and director of the Diembering school during many years, has shared with us her sentimiento in the celebration of the independence of Senegal on the day of hoy. Senegal is a totally independent country since 20 July 1960, as a result of the...

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SENEGAL FAMILY

In Senegal, as in almost all African countries, the family does not only encompass the main trunk of it: parents, children, grandparents, etc. but extends to all those people who live under the same roof. Likewise, it is considered family, even if it is distant, to all those who share the same surname, and finally, they are also called relatives,...

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SENEGAL – INFORMATION / MARCH 2021

Senegal is a former French colony that achieved independence in 1960. Its first president was Leopold Sedar Senghor (Socialist Party of Senegal). The constitution enshned the country as a democratic republic with separation of powers. Source: El País. A demonstrators raises a Senegalese flag during protests against the Government, last 5th in...

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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

The most classic definition of Health goes back to the statement that the WHO made in 1948 and which still endures and prays: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental (mental) and social well-being, and not only the absence of conditions or diseases". Later, at the meeting on Health Promotion organized by the WHO in Ottawa (1986) there was...

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

In 2001, the General Assembly decided that International Day of Peace be observed every September 21, in accordance with Resolution 55/282. He stated that "International Day of Peace will be observed from now on as a day of ceasefire and non-violence worldwide, so that all nations and peoples feel motivated by...

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CELEBRATION TABASKI 2020

As is known, Islam presents five pillars or duties of obligatory fulfillment by all faithful, with some exceptions. They are: Acceptance that Allah is the only ten and Muhammad is his prophet; Daily prayer five times a day; Fasting during the month of Ramadan; Making works of charity and compulsory Almoina, and the pilgrimage to Mecca al...

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SENEGAL INDEPENDENCE DAY

Senegal is considered one of the model democracies in Africa, backed by a long history of stable governments, participation in the maintenance of international peace and mediation in the region. However, since the 80, it maintains an internal conflict in the Casamance region with the MFDC (Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance),...

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