Overview of the project

In the perspective of making the city of Rufisque a city of sustainable urban development, it is important to promote a structured development taking into account the scarcity of coastal space (unpolluted, well developed with an ideal living environment) open to the lambda population.

The seaside area behind the Gina factory up to the Guedj sanitary district, which is 200m long and 22m wide, was used as a dumping ground for wild waste and sanitary materials because of its proximity to the said district, and at the same time served as a dyke to protect local residents against the advancing sea.

This redevelopment project was initiated just to make the coastal area of Keury Kao more attractive and welcoming by getting rid of the rubbish dumps along the coastline and replacing them with leisure and recreation areas. This local redevelopment project can serve as a prototype for replication along the coastline.

The redevelopment of the coastline is the only existing solution to revitalise the coastal areas with an effective and efficient policy in the fight against the proliferation of rubbish dumps on the Rufisquois coast. It is in this context that the young Rufisquois people, from Keury KAO in particular, federated around a Collective called DLT, with the support of public policies and NGOs, decided to set up actions for the protection and safeguarding of the coastline aiming to provide sustainable solutions in terms of waste management and the creation of an urban framework of sustainable development offering economic, cultural and social opportunities.

This project also seeks to provide waste management solutions through the recycling of non-organic plastic waste for use in the construction of ecological benches. This project also creates direct and indirect employment. It will enable young people in the neighbourhoods to have jobs and income from the commercial activities that will emerge.