by CREATE! | Sep 3, 2020 | Testimonials, VSLA
Once a week, Aida Diakhaté meets with other women in the community of Keur Daouda to deposit their savings and collectively make decisions on loan disbursement. Several years ago, many women had to work with money-lenders outside of the village who often charged...
by CREATE! | Jun 19, 2020 | News, Testimonials, VSLA
Over the course of the last 10 years, CREATE! has partnered with 18 communities in rural Senegal. When the organization began in 2010, we started with five partner communities who were the first to train with CREATE! technicians using our unique model and approach....
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! | Jan 31, 2020 | VSLA
Meet Rokhy Diouf, a dynamic and hardworking mother of four in the village of Back Samba Dior. Before Back Samba Dior got involved with CREATE!’s development programs, Rokhy had to leave the village to find work in Senegal’s capital. “I used to go to Dakar for work,...
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...
by CREATE! | Mar 29, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Testimonials, VSLA, Water
As a widow and a mother of six living in rural Senegal, Penda Kane has multiple responsibilities weighing on her shoulders. “Before CREATE!, I was only working in the rainy season,” Penda tells us. The rainy season runs for 2-3 months in Senegal and is the prime...
