by CREATE! | Sep 27, 2019 | Tree Nurseries
CREATE!’s tree-planting program helps reforest and replenish regions that have been stripped of nutrients due to land exploitation and increasing desertification. Not only do trees support the health of the soil, but they also improve food security for families...
by CREATE! | Aug 30, 2019 | News, Tree Nurseries
Every year CREATEs hosts an annual tree-planting campaign to plant for the planet. On this year’s Journée de l’arbre (Tree Day) in Senegal, CREATE! was awarded a diploma of recognition by the Fatick Governor. The diploma is in honor of our contribution to...
by CREATE! | Jul 12, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
The impacts of climate change, such as increasing desertification and decreasing annual rainfall, have taken a toll both socially and environmentally on rural communities in rural Senegal. However, people are fighting back by developing sustainable practices in their...
by CREATE! | Jul 5, 2019 | News, Senegal, Tree Nurseries
Tree-planting season in Senegal is upon us! Every year during the rainy season, CREATE!’s partner communities participate in an annual tree-planting campaign. Each community plants an average of 3,000 trees for food, windbreak, shade, and firewood. One of these...
by CREATE! | Jun 7, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries, Water
Let’s visit the community of Thienaba in the Fatick region of Senegal. Five years ago, community members agreed to partner with CREATE! and collaborate on sustainable projects to develop self-sufficiency. Today, the village is independently thriving through water,...
by CREATE! | May 24, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Senegal, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
Meet Mame (Grandmother) Nogaye Diop, one of the oldest participating members of CREATE!’s programs in Fass Koffe. Mame Nogaye spent most of her life cooking over a traditional open fire for her family. This meant long hours collecting wood in the forest and the rest...
