by CREATE Field Staff | Jan 13, 2017 | Testimonials
Ndeye Amy Diop, 21, lives with her in-laws in the small community of Walo while her husband is off working in Dakar. She started participating in CREATE! training programs about two years ago because she wanted to support her family. Ndeye says that before CREATE!...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 23, 2016 | Testimonials, VSLA
Each week, CREATE! cooperative members gather to manage their money in Voluntary Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs). VSLA members save small amounts of money each week and then make loans to each other to cover business, personal, and household costs....
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 16, 2016 | Poultry, Testimonials
Ndeye Top, 52, is the president of the poultry production cooperative in the community of Thieneba. She lives with her four children and two grandchildren. Ndeye is proud of her village, where “there is solidarity among neighbors” and where her children are able to...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 2, 2016 | Improved Cookstoves
This week, CREATE!’s Senegal team hosted visitors from Vibrant Village Foundation’s programs in northern Ghana. Lenny Baer, Ghana Program Director, and his colleague Phillip, toured CREATE!’s partner villages to learn more about our integrated, community-based...
by CREATE Field Staff | Nov 18, 2016 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal
Greetings from Gossas, Senegal! For the next few weeks, I will be writing blog posts directly from Senegal as I visit CREATE!’s partner communities for the first time. On this trip, I am traveling with CREATE! Executive Director Louise Ruhr and CREATE! book keeper,...
