by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 7, 2016 | Testimonials
Awa Leye, 86, says that her life has dramatically improved since she started participating in CREATE! programs in Darou Diadji two years ago, and has seen how the program is helping communities develop. She enjoys working in the village’s cooperative garden and is...
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 30, 2016 | Testimonials
Adama Diouf, 40, lives in Diender in peace and happiness with her family. She says, “I decided to participate in CREATE!’s training programs because I wanted to work to improve my life.” Adama is very grateful for the many benefits of CREATE!, including training...
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 23, 2016 | News, Senegal
Pictured above: In the community of Bac Sambadior, CREATE! Founder Barry Wheeler, Country Director Omar Ndiaye Seck (plaid shirt), and the cooperative group president sign a memorandum of understanding to formalize our new partnerships. In August, CREATE!’s Senegal...
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 16, 2016 | Senegal, VSLA
Tabaski Mubarak! This past Sunday, September 11th, marked the beginning of Eid al-Adha, an important religious celebration called Tabaski in Senegalese Wolof. On Tabaski, following dawn prayers at their local mosque, Senegalese families slaughter a ram in ritual...
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 2, 2016 | Testimonials
In his collection of essays about Africa titled The Shadow of the Sun, celebrated Polish foreign correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski described the daily ritual of women in Senegal in the early 1990s: “Preparing the meal takes a woman the greater part of the day—the...
