by CREATE! | Apr 17, 2020 | Cooperative Community Gardens, News, Senegal
Mbossedji, one of CREATE!’s newest partner communities now has a thriving community garden and has produced more than 1,100 pounds of nutritious vegetables in just two months. This success has become possible due to CREATE!’s partnership with Rotary...
by CREATE! | Mar 20, 2020 | News, Senegal
Recently, CREATE!’s Development Associate, Paulomi Bhattacharyya spent two weeks working in Senegal for the first time. In this week’s blog post, she reflects on experiences, moments, and people that have changed her life forever. (Pictured above is...
by CREATE! | Feb 14, 2020 | News, Senegal
This Valentine’s Day, we’d like to take the time to show appreciation for our donors who make CREATE!’s work in Senegal possible and share the love that we have for sustainable community development and individual empowerment. Our Donors Have the Biggest Hearts: On...
by CREATE! | Feb 7, 2020 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Testimonials, VSLA, Water
Communities in rural Senegal bear an enormous brunt of global climate change. This includes everything from desert encroachment, decreasing rainfall, to shorter growing seasons. In fact, the growing season is only 3-4 months out of the year! Because rural communities...
by CREATE! | Jan 17, 2020 | News, Photo Highlights, Senegal
One year ago, the communities of Diabel and Yougouré gained access to water using solar technology for the first time ever! Since then, they’ve made immense progress over the last year towards building more sustainable communities. We are so inspired to work with such...
by CREATE! | Jan 10, 2020 | News, Senegal
What constitutes community well-being? At CREATE!, we believe that the community members themselves should define their own well-being. We provide training and support that enables rural villages in Senegal to take ownership of their self-development projects. While...
