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...
by CREATE! | Sep 20, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, VSLA
Meet Seynabou Konte, a community member in Mboss who is living sustainably in her rural village. From her improved cookstove to her year-round garden, Seynabou has been learning vital skills from CREATE!’s technicians so that she can live and work both...
by CREATE! | Dec 21, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves
What do your holiday traditions look like? Across cultures, many traditions begin and center around cooking and food. In just a few days, families and friends will be gathering to celebrate Christmas here in the US and in many other parts of the world, cooking up...
by CREATE Field Staff | Aug 17, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
“My participation in CREATE! programs has changed my life,” says Ndeye Diouf, 45, of Gagnick Mack. “I have noticed a great improvement in my family’s living conditions, because I now have the ability to better support them.” In particular, Ndeye notes the difference...
by CREATE Field Staff | Jun 23, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves
During his recent visit to Senegal, CREATE! Founder Barry Wheeler traveled to the village of Diabel with CREATE! Country Director Omar Ndiaye Seck and Field Technician Amadou Diouf to meet community members and to lead a training session in the construction of...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
Awa Diouf, 33, says that there have been many important changes in her life since she first began participating in CREATE! training programs in Thieneba five years ago. She says, “Before CREATE!, many women stayed home without an occupation or traveled to town to find...
