by Louise Ruhr | Jun 17, 2013 | Improved Cookstoves
On a dry, hot and windy day in Ouarkhokh, it’s easy to see how an open cookfire could quickly start a fast-spreading, destructive fire in a family compound. In fact, one of the many benefits that the women talked about with respect to the clay and sand...
by Louise Ruhr | Jun 10, 2013 | Cooperative Community Gardens
“We are lucky to have CREATE! in our lives. We have been given a great opportunity. Now, when we cook our lunch we can go to the garden site to get some vegetables for the meal. Before, if we wanted vegetables we had to buy them.” This is what women from the...
by Louise Ruhr | Jun 5, 2013 | Senegal, VSLA
Last week, twenty-six CREATE! community members and volunteers joined the ranks of more than seven million people worldwide–six million of them in Africa–who have been trained in the Voluntary Savings and Lending Association (VSLA) approach to managing...
by Louise Ruhr | Oct 15, 2012 | News
We are thrilled to announce that Dining for Women has selected CREATE! as its monthly featured organization for April 2013. Dining for Women is a non-profit giving circle dedicated to empowering women and girls living in extreme poverty. With support from Dining for...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 7, 2012 | Solar Power Projects, Water
The solar powered pump in Diender has been running flawlessly for one year, providing 8,000 liters per day of free, potable water for gardening and household use.
