by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 23, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes, Improved Cookstoves, Solar Power Projects, Water
During the holiday season in the United States, many enjoy spending time with family and friends. Family is also an important component of life in Senegal. Women in CREATE!’s agricultural cooperatives are not just farmers, but also mothers, daughters, sisters, and...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 19, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes, Poultry
In August, CREATE! field technicians helped community members in Ouarkhokh build their own poultry shed. In the past months, several women have been cooperatively managing poultry production using their new poultry shed. Cooperative members are currently in the...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 12, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Poultry, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Tree Nurseries, VSLA, Water
This week, CREATE! staff met with leaders from the communities of Walo, Gagnick Mack, and Darou Diadji and pledged to strengthen their mutual financial and technical partnerships. With support from Vibrant Village Foundation, CREATE! is now working with these villages...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 5, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Tree Nurseries
In Fass Koffe, cooperative members have planted melifera, a type of thorny acacia bush, on the edges of their garden site. The melifera grew rapidly during the recent rainy season and is now providing significant protection for the Fass Koffe garden. Melifera forms...
by Louise Ruhr | Nov 21, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes
In Senegal, “attaya bi neexna de” (tea is good). In the afternoon, after the midday meal, friends gather to chat and make attaya, a type of gunpowder green tea. Making attaya can take hours and is an important part of Senegalese cuisine and culture. To make...
by Louise Ruhr | Nov 14, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Tree Nurseries, Water
The evolution of the Fass Koffe cooperative garden over the past four years has been astounding! On her recent visit to Fass Koffe, CREATE! Chief Operating Officer Louise Ruhr was once again impressed with all of the work that cooperative members have done, in...
