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 CREATE Field Staff | Nov 6, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Water
At the end of September, a delegation from the village of Keur Soce visited CREATE!’s partner communities of Fass Koffe and Fass Kane. CREATE!’s program area is located approximately 30 miles northeast of the community of Keur Soce. The Andando Foundation, an...
by Louise Ruhr | Jul 11, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Solar Power Projects, Tree Nurseries
CREATE! community gardens remain lush and green even in July, at the end of the dry season in Senegal. In Thieneba, cooperative members and CREATE! field technicians work to ensure that the community’s garden remains an oasis in the desert. In late June, residents...
by Louise Ruhr | Apr 11, 2014 | News, Senegal, Solar Power Projects
CREATE! Executive Director, Barry Wheeler, was present for the recent installation of a 20 foot pole for the new solar pumping system that the CREATE! Senegalese Field Team is in the process of installing in the community of Fass Kane. As the Field Team...
