by CREATE Field Staff | Nov 7, 2016 | News, Water
We are thrilled to announce that One Day’s Wages (ODW) has selected CREATE! as the recipient of a second matching grant. One Day’s Wages has already pledged its support, but we need your help to raise the remaining $14,878 by November 30 to secure this...
by CREATE Field Staff | Nov 4, 2016 | News, Senegal
Last week’s blog post discussed National Geographic Channel’s Years of Living Dangerously and its upcoming episode about climate change and rural Senegal human migrations. The show’s second season is garnering much media attention, including a radio interview with...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 28, 2016 | News
The upcoming second season of National Geographic Channel’s Years of Living Dangerously will present an episode focusing on climate change migration of people from Senegal. Featuring New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, this episode will explore how the...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 20, 2016 | Testimonials
Modou Ndiaye, 39, lives in Walo with his wife and five children. Before CREATE! partnered with Walo to provide training in sustainable agriculture, Modou experienced unemployment in rural Senegal for most of the year. He was only able to work in his family’s fields...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 14, 2016 | Culture & Recipes
On October 12th, families in Senegal gathered to celebrate the holiday of Tamkharit. Also called Achoura, Tamkharit is the Islamic New Year. Food is an important part of the festivities. Women prepare a traditional meal of thiéré, couscous with spicy lamb stew, that...
