by CREATE Field Staff | Nov 6, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Water
At the end of September, a delegation from the village of Keur Soce visited CREATE!’s partner communities of Fass Koffe and Fass Kane. CREATE!’s program area is located approximately 30 miles northeast of the community of Keur Soce. The Andando Foundation, an...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 24, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens
In the community of Diender, the cooperative garden is producing hundreds of pounds of tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers. Now, CREATE! field technicians are teaching cooperative members to recycle the waste from their garden harvest using composting. Diender...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 17, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes, Water
Thanks to seasonal rains, access to supplemental water, and agricultural training, the cooperative garden in Ouarkhokh is thriving! Cooperative members are busy transplanting seedlings and harvesting other crops that are now ready to eat. The Ouarkhokh cooperative...
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 26, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Tree Nurseries
During the rainy season, CREATE! field technicians help community members transplant tree seedlings. For the past few months, cooperative members have been starting tree seedlings in small containers and caring for them in tree nurseries. Now that the rains have...
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 19, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Poultry
Following the success of the poultry cooperatives in the communities of Fass Kane and Fass Koffe, women in Ouarkhokh asked CREATE! to help them start a poultry cooperative of their own. Ouarkhokh is located in northern Senegal, and has unique challenges – extreme heat...
by Louise Ruhr | Sep 12, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes
It’s the rainy season in rural Senegal, which means that it’s time to harvest watermelon! Watermelon is a tasty and popular crop, originally native to western and central Africa. In Ouarkhokh, cooperative members grow watermelon plants interspersed with rows of corn....
