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...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 3, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves
In February, CREATE! field technicians traveled over 300 miles to the region of Kolda in southern Senegal to introduce our clay-sand improved cookstoves to a new part of the country through improved cookstove trainings. Two US Peace Corps Volunteers based in the...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 2, 2016 | Improved Cookstoves
This week, CREATE!’s Senegal team hosted visitors from Vibrant Village Foundation’s programs in northern Ghana. Lenny Baer, Ghana Program Director, and his colleague Phillip, toured CREATE!’s partner villages to learn more about our integrated, community-based...
by CREATE Field Staff | Jun 17, 2016 | Improved Cookstoves
Improved cookstoves are the centerpiece of CREATE!’s sustainable development programs in Senegal and cookstove trainings are always our initial intervention in rural communities. Our field technicians gauge potential partners’ commitment to our participatory approach...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 18, 2016 | Improved Cookstoves
Thanks to training from CREATE! field technicians, our improved cookstoves continue to spread across Senegal. In February, a delegation from the community of Djilor traveled to Fass Koffe to learn how to build improved cookstoves. The participants will bring their new...
by CREATE Field Staff | Jul 16, 2015 | Improved Cookstoves
According to the Senegalese Department of Water and Forestry official for the Fatick Region, “improved cookstoves are the only things that can save us from deforestation.” As Department of Water and Forestry officers travel to communities around Senegal, they are...
