by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 31, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Poultry, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Tree Nurseries, VSLA, Water
As 2014 ends, we reflect back on the accomplishments of CREATE!’s field staff and partner communities in rural Senegal. During the past year, these villages have transformed their lives through their hard work and their continued collaboration and partnership with...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 23, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes, Improved Cookstoves, Solar Power Projects, Water
During the holiday season in the United States, many enjoy spending time with family and friends. Family is also an important component of life in Senegal. Women in CREATE!’s agricultural cooperatives are not just farmers, but also mothers, daughters, sisters, and...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 12, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Poultry, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Tree Nurseries, VSLA, Water
This week, CREATE! staff met with leaders from the communities of Walo, Gagnick Mack, and Darou Diadji and pledged to strengthen their mutual financial and technical partnerships. With support from Vibrant Village Foundation, CREATE! is now working with these villages...
by Louise Ruhr | Jun 27, 2014 | Improved Cookstoves, Senegal
In May and June, CREATE! Field Technicians held trainings on the construction of improved cookstoves in the communities of Darou Diadji, Mboss, Keur Sarra, and the Ndiayenne neighborhood of Gossas. Hundreds of women participated in these trainings. In the three...
by Louise Ruhr | May 29, 2014 | Improved Cookstoves, Senegal
CREATE!’s field technicians have been busy interviewing beneficiaries about their experiences with CREATE!’s improved cookstoves. Their findings are unanimous – women love the improved cookstoves! In the communities of Diender, Thieneba, and Fass,...
by Louise Ruhr | May 5, 2014 | Improved Cookstoves
Women in CREATE! partner communities have enthusiastically embraced using and constructing CREATE!’s clay-sand improved cookstove. Mere Top, Thieneba Cooperative President and cookstove trainer, has worked diligently to ensure that every household in...
