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...
by CREATE! | Oct 25, 2019 | Poultry, Testimonials
This year, five of our partner communities achieved a huge milestone in their self-development programs when they started poultry raising projects. CREATE!’s community development programs focus on improving access to water, increasing food security, and creating more...
by CREATE! | Oct 11, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Testimonials
Climate change has taken a toll on life in rural Senegal. Families become separated as men look for work in places even as far as Europe. Women will stay in the communities to take care of their children, occasionally working during the short rainy season, or working...
by CREATE! | Sep 20, 2019 | Senegal, Testimonials, VSLA
How can microlending make a difference in someone’s life? In rural Senegal, access to money-lending associations is limited for remote communities. The external money lenders that do visit the communities often have high-interest rates. This makes it difficult for...
