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The Importance of Diverse Agriculture

The Importance of Diverse Agriculture

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...
Maintaining a Year-Round Garden

Maintaining a Year-Round Garden

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...
Improving Her Family’s Health and Food Security

Improving Her Family’s Health and Food Security

by CREATE! | Dec 14, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Poultry, Testimonials

Fatou Diouf is a mother of four living in the rural village of Diender. Each morning, Fatou walks to the community garden from her hut. She joins the other village women in the site where they begin their daily work. At the end of the day, Fatou carries home a variety...
Turning a Desert into an Oasis: Reforestation in Senegal

Turning a Desert into an Oasis: Reforestation in Senegal

by CREATE! | Nov 30, 2018 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries

Every year, cooperative members in CREATE!’s partner communities will plant a total of 19,000 tree seedlings, supporting reforestation in Senegal. The trees are planted during the rainy season which runs from late June to early October. The village of Santhie first...
Engaging Rural Villages in Environmental Protection Projects

Engaging Rural Villages in Environmental Protection Projects

by CREATE! | Nov 2, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials

Supporting a family in rural Senegal has become increasingly difficult with the effects of climate change. Environmental issues are damaging village resources, and families are losing the means to support themselves. By engaging rural villages in environmental...
Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves in Senegal

Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves in Senegal

by CREATE! | Sep 28, 2018 | Culture & Recipes, Improved Cookstoves, Senegal

In all of CREATE!’s communities, women prepare a variety of dishes in their favorite cook pot using their fuel-efficient cookstoves. These fuel-efficient cookstoves allow women to prepare meals using their customary methods and pots in a safer and more efficient way...
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