by CREATE! | Apr 12, 2018 | Senegal
In recent years, the topic of women and climate change has been gaining momentum across global discourse. But for the women in our partner communities in rural Senegal, it’s a very real issue that has been impacting their lives for decades. Of the 13 million people in...
by CREATE! | Feb 26, 2018 | Senegal
Above: CREATE! Executive Director Louise Ruhr chats with Diender cooperative president Ndaga in the community garden. CREATE! Executive Director Louise Ruhr has been in Senegal traveling through CREATE!’s partner communities between January and March this year. In...
by CREATE! | Feb 16, 2018 | Senegal
Greetings from Gossas! This week, I am writing from Senegal while I’m here working alongside our Senegalese staff and visiting our field sites for the first time. My main task while I’m here is to help increase the capacity of the communications team, which works...
by CREATE! | Nov 9, 2017 | Senegal
This month, CREATE! Founder Barry Wheeler is in Senegal, traveling through CREATE! partner communities to see the progress that community members have made. His first stop last week was the village of Mboss, which officially joined CREATE! in May this year. When Barry...
by CREATE Field Staff | Aug 31, 2017 | Senegal
This Friday, Sept. 1st marks the beginning of Eid al-Adha, a four-day Islamic festival celebrated worldwide every year. Known as Tabaski in Senegalese Wolof, the festival honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael, as an act of obedience to...
by CREATE Field Staff | Aug 10, 2017 | Senegal, Tree Nurseries
This past weekend, Senegal celebrated its National Arbor Day, or “la journée nationale de l’arbre,” which has taken place on the first Sunday of August every year since 1984. Organized by the local governing council and the National Water and Forestry Service, and...
