Every year, Mohammed Lamine Gueye, the spiritual leader of a Sufi brotherhood, gathers thousands of his followers for a procession in the Senegalese town of Mbour, where they pray for peace. Beyond this spiritual gathering, he mobilizes his followers to volunteer in rebuilding efforts in Djifer—a village severely affected by coastal erosion and threatened by the advancing sea. With no government intervention in sight, and prayers alone not effective enough, Gueye financed the construction of a protective wall using his own funds and donations from his followers.
