by Louise Ruhr | Jun 23, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Water
Without access to an affordable source of water, year-round vegetable cultivation is impossible in Senegal, where the annual dry season is nine months long. June marks the end of the long dry season, but the rains have not yet arrived. In four of CREATE!’s partner...
by Louise Ruhr | Jun 13, 2014 | Tree Nurseries
In honor of World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June 5th, CREATE!’s partner communities in Senegal have initiated a major reforestation campaign. Late spring is the beginning of the rainy season in Senegal and it is the perfect time to plant fragile tree...
by Louise Ruhr | Jun 4, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens
Locusts and grasshoppers have plagued farmers in West Africa for thousands of years. These swarming pests eat the equivalent of their own weight in a day and can decimate rice, millet, maize, and vegetable crops, in addition to fruit trees. A plague of locusts can...
by Louise Ruhr | May 29, 2014 | Improved Cookstoves, Senegal
CREATE!’s field technicians have been busy interviewing beneficiaries about their experiences with CREATE!’s improved cookstoves. Their findings are unanimous – women love the improved cookstoves! In the communities of Diender, Thieneba, and Fass,...
by Louise Ruhr | May 20, 2014 | VSLA
In CREATE!’s partner community of Diender, the women’s Voluntary Savings and Lending Association (VSLA) met last week to conclude their first nine-month savings and lending cycle. For rural residents who may not be able to read or write and whose needs are...
