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It expanded its work to support people in the Casamance region by integrating livelihoods with &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/senegal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/senegal\/\"> Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank-4.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v22.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Self Help Africa&#039;s Work in Senegal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our sister organisation, United Purpose, first began working there in 2006. 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