by CREATE Field Staff | May 5, 2017 | Poultry, Testimonials
In the CREATE! partner community of Ouarkhokh, there are now 12 households that have their own poultry sheds. Seven of these are owned by CREATE! cooperative members, who learned how to raise poultry through CREATE! training and shared this knowledge with their...
by CREATE Field Staff | Apr 26, 2017 | Cooperative Community Gardens
In January, CREATE! field technicians worked with community volunteers to rehabilitate existing wells and install solar-powered water pumps and gravity-fed irrigation systems in the Back Samba Dior and Keur Daouda new garden sites. Now that access to clean, abundant,...
by CREATE Field Staff | Apr 21, 2017 | Culture & Recipes, Senegal
It’s Easter in Senegal. Every year on Good Friday, Senegalese Catholics make a traditional treat called ngalakh to enjoy over the Easter weekend. Ngalakh is a porridge made of millet, peanut paste, baobab fruit, sugar, and vanilla. After mass on Good Friday,...
by CREATE Field Staff | Apr 14, 2017 | Testimonials
“CREATE! has given us everything we need to have a perfect life: healthy food, clean water, microfinance training, and the security of our improved cookstoves.” Aida Dieng, 30, rises early each day to complete her household chores before working in the Fass Koffe...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
Awa Diouf, 33, says that there have been many important changes in her life since she first began participating in CREATE! training programs in Thieneba five years ago. She says, “Before CREATE!, many women stayed home without an occupation or traveled to town to find...
