by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 24, 2017 | Culture & Recipes
As Senegal begins to enter the hottest part of the year, cooperative members in CREATE! partner communities continue to work diligently in their gardens. In March, women are harvesting many different types of vegetables, including cool weather crops such as lettuce,...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 17, 2017 | Testimonials
Dié Sene, 50, lives in the village of Darou Diadji with her husband and children and has seen the changes that have taken place from transforming the desert through sustainable practices. She says, “I decided to participate in CREATE!’s training programs because I had...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 10, 2017 | Senegal, Testimonials
In late February, GlobalGiving West Africa Field Traveler Alix Halloran visited CREATE!’s partner communities of Walo, Gagnick Mack, and Darou Diadji. Of her visit, Alix says, “The entire CREATE! team went out of their way to make me feel welcome. I was blown away by...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 3, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves
In February, CREATE! field technicians traveled over 300 miles to the region of Kolda in southern Senegal to introduce our clay-sand improved cookstoves to a new part of the country through improved cookstove trainings. Two US Peace Corps Volunteers based in the...
by CREATE Field Staff | Feb 24, 2017 | Testimonials
Meet Teningue Faye, a 21-year old cooperative member in the community of Gagnick Mack. Unusually for rural Senegal, Teningue does not live in a large multi-generational family compound but instead lives in a small house with her husband and three children. Her husband...
