Chris Hufstader is a senior writer-editor at Oxfam America. He’s worked at Oxfam for 25 years and reported from Senegal numerous times, most recently in 2023.
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Senegal: ‘Our belongings and our best young people are being taken by the sea’
12-12-2023
Ndeye Yacine Dieng lives in Bargny, Senegal, a small town coping with the devasting effects of climate change. Oxfam and partners are helping seaside towns like Bargny adapt, survive, and advocate for government support to overcome their losses.
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Abandoned homes line a long sandy beach in Bargny, a small town on the coast of Senegal. High waves have overwhelmed sandbags, old tires, and other makeshift barriers to fill the homes with wet sand, making them uninhabitable.