by CREATE! | Feb 21, 2020 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Testimonials
The afternoon sun burns down on golden grasses, dry shrubs, and scattered baobab trees. Life slows down during the hottest time of the day here. Women pause their work in the community gardens to share cups of Café Touba and socialize in the cool shade. Although...
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! | Dec 27, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
Here at CREATE!, we value a participatory approach to our projects so that community members can take the power of change into their own hands. We believe that to truly create sustainable development, the change needs to come from within the village at the grassroots...
by CREATE! | Nov 28, 2019 | Culture & Recipes, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
This week, families and friends will gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US. What do your holiday traditions look like? Across cultures, many traditions begin and center around cooking and food. And, as the holiday season is upon us, many people will...
by CREATE! | Nov 22, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Senegal, Testimonials
Binta Diop is a mother supporting a family of five in Keur Daouda. Traditionally, women in Senegal are in charge of childcare, housekeeping, and cooking. “Before CREATE!, I did not have an occupation,” she tells us. However, through CREATE!’s training programs, Binta,...
by CREATE! | Nov 8, 2019 | Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
As Senegal’s rainy season comes to a close, the days are becoming hotter, and the land is drying up once again. The village of Santhie has already finished planting their saplings for the annual tree-planting campaign during the rainy season. They have groups of extra...
