by CREATE! | Feb 15, 2019 | News, Senegal
With the start of 2019, CREATE! is beginning a new phase in its development! At the end of 2018, co-founders Barry Wheeler and Louise Ruhr both retired from CREATE! to explore new avenues for the next phases of their lives. The Board of Directors and the CREATE! team...
by CREATE! | Feb 1, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
As Senegal reaches the peak of its dry season, it’s even more crucial for rural communities to be self-reliant and resilient. Many of these rural villages are based in Senegal’s Peanut Basin. Named for its popular cash crop, many farmers in this area used...
by CREATE! | Jan 25, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
Khady Ndiaye is a mother of five in the rural village of Fass Koffe. Each day at sunrise, she steps out of her hut with her youngest child on her back. Khady walks to the community garden where she joins the other women in the site. They work in the garden every day...
by CREATE! | Jan 18, 2019 | Culture & Recipes, Poultry
For most rural villages in Senegal, chicken is only eaten for holidays and special occasions. Not because poultry is specifically saved for holidays, but because of its high price in both money and time. For the community of Darou Diadji, feeding your family poultry...
by CREATE! | Jan 11, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Poultry, Senegal, Testimonials
Let’s check in with Thienaba! A community that graduated from CREATE!’s self-development program one year ago. CREATE!’s team of technicians check in with graduated communities once a week to make sure the solar-powered technology and other activities are running...
