by CREATE! | Dec 6, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Solar Power Projects, Water
The clouds have cleared away, and the blue sky stretches from horizon to horizon as the sun scorches the parched Earth. It will be another nine-months until communities in rural Senegal see rain again. As the dry season progresses, the fresh green landscape from the...
by CREATE! | Nov 22, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Senegal, Testimonials
Binta Diop is a mother supporting a family of five in Keur Daouda. Traditionally, women in Senegal are in charge of childcare, housekeeping, and cooking. “Before CREATE!, I did not have an occupation,” she tells us. However, through CREATE!’s training programs, Binta,...
by CREATE! | Nov 15, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, News, Photo Highlights, Solar Power Projects, Water
We are so excited to announce that Mbossedji, one of our newest partner communities, officially has access to clean, abundant water! This is thanks to a successful well-rehabilitation and installation of a solar water pump by CREATE!’s highly skilled technicians. Now...
by CREATE! | Oct 11, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Testimonials
Climate change has taken a toll on life in rural Senegal. Families become separated as men look for work in places even as far as Europe. Women will stay in the communities to take care of their children, occasionally working during the short rainy season, or working...
by CREATE! | Aug 9, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, News, Senegal, Water
CREATE! has partnered with two new communities this year! We have chosen to work with Boustane Lo and Mbossedji after they showed enthusiasm and dedication to participating in new projects and developing sustainable communities in rural Senegal. In the photo above,...
by CREATE! | Jul 25, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes, News, Senegal, Testimonials
CREATE! is about self-development and participation. Communities use the knowledge that our technicians teach as a foundation to develop self-sufficiency on their own. In fact, communities often go above and beyond utilizing their new knowledge. Meet Fama Fall, a...
