The President of World Bank Group,
Mr. Jim
Yong Kim has commended the Senegal-based Cellule de Lutte
contre la Malnutrition over its activities to reduce malnutriton in the country, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Kim who is in the capital of Senegal, Dakar for a three-day
working visit, said it was inspiring to meet the Senegalese commitment, which
he described as great progress in reducing chronic malnutrition.
“In large part thanks to the community-based approach
implemented by Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition,” he said.
Kim also expressed delight over meeting with some of the people
making it happen.
“We are proud supporter,” he asserted.
NaijaAgroNet
further recalls that Mr. Kim was in Senegal for a three-day working visit.
This, NaijaAgroNet
gathered, was in conjunction with the visit of President Emmanuel Macron of
France.
NaijaAgroNet also
gathered that the visit follows the One Planet Summit which both Kim and Macron
co-hosted in Paris in December 2017, and seeks to demonstrate commitment to
joint action on adaptation to climate change.
President Macron and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim
will also travel with President Macky Sall of Senegal to Saint-Louis, a
historic town under threat from coastal erosion.
“I want to congratulate the Government of Senegal
for its leadership on climate change mitigation and adaptation. I am looking
forward to visiting Saint-Louis, where efforts to stop coastal erosion are a
great example of how the Government can work with the international community
to initiate collective action for the region. The World Bank Group is committed
to helping Senegal, West Africa, and countries around the world address the
effects of climate change,” Kim said.
During his visit, the World Bank Group President will hold
bilateral meetings with President Sall and President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
of Burkina Faso. He will also attend a high-level session on global education
challenges.
Kim
will reiterate the World Bank’s commitment to strong partnership with Senegal
and with France in support of African development.
He
will also seek the government’s leadership in improving educational outcomes
and creating quality educational opportunities for all. “Human capital is essential for sustained
long-term growth and rising living standards,”Kim said. “Transformational change in education will allow
Senegalese to capitalize on technological change and leapfrog into the 21st century economy.”