by CREATE! | Jan 11, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Poultry, Senegal, Testimonials
Let’s check in with Thienaba! A community that graduated from CREATE!’s self-development program one year ago. CREATE!’s team of technicians check in with graduated communities once a week to make sure the solar-powered technology and other activities are running...
by CREATE! | Dec 14, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Poultry, Testimonials
Fatou Diouf is a mother of four living in the rural village of Diender. Each morning, Fatou walks to the community garden from her hut. She joins the other village women in the site where they begin their daily work. At the end of the day, Fatou carries home a variety...
by CREATE! | Nov 30, 2018 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
Every year, cooperative members in CREATE!’s partner communities will plant a total of 19,000 tree seedlings, supporting reforestation in Senegal. The trees are planted during the rainy season which runs from late June to early October. The village of Santhie first...
by CREATE! | Nov 16, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Testimonials, Water
There is not a cloud in sight. Blue sky stretches from horizon to horizon as the sun scorches the parched Earth. Daily temperatures are rising as Senegal enters its dry season. It will be another nine-months until the rains come again. Rural communities often depend...
by CREATE! | Nov 9, 2018 | Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
Meet Arame Diop, the president of the Garden Cooperative Group in Wereyane. Arame encourages her group to overcome the obstacles of climate change while developing her community’s self-sufficiency in Senegal. The village of Wereyane is located in the Louga Region of...
by CREATE! | Nov 2, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
Supporting a family in rural Senegal has become increasingly difficult with the effects of climate change. Environmental issues are damaging village resources, and families are losing the means to support themselves. By engaging rural villages in environmental...
