by Louise Ruhr | Aug 28, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Tree Nurseries
During the rainy season in Senegal, CREATE!’s field technicians help community members plant tree seedlings. Cooperative groups plant fruit and nut trees, such as papaya and cashew, to supplement their diets and provide another source of household income. Women also...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 22, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal
The short rainy season in Senegal brings heavy downpours that can overwhelm existing drainage systems. After the garden plot in Thieneba suffered flooding after recent rains, cooperative members and CREATE! field technicians collaborated to design and install a...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 14, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Testimonials, VSLA
One year after partnering with Dining for Women in Thieneba, CREATE!’s programs in this community are thriving. The cooperative garden in Thieneba is bearing hundreds of kilograms of eggplant and tomatoes. This spring, women mobilized to form VSLA groups, which now...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 8, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens
CREATE! field technicians and garden cooperative members want an “end to the use of chemical pesticides, which are a threat to people and the environment!” In the past, cooperative members have applied some chemical pesticides to deter insects from eating crops. ...
by Louise Ruhr | Jul 25, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Water
July typically marks the beginning of the three-month rainy season in Senegal. This region of West Africa usually receives most of the year’s precipitation during this period. This year, however, CREATE!’s partner communities in Senegal have only had two light...
by Louise Ruhr | Jul 18, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes
In CREATE!’s cooperative gardens, women grow a variety of fruits and vegetables to meet their household needs and to sell at local markets. In addition to common vegetables like tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, cooperative members also grow bissap...
