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...
by CREATE! | Mar 15, 2019 | News, Senegal, VSLA
In Senegal, there’s a Wolof proverb: Jangal nit ki napp moo gën di ko may xaalis. Translated, the proverb essentially says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Here at CREATE!, we believe in long-lasting...
by CREATE! | Sep 20, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, VSLA
Meet Seynabou Konte, a community member in Mboss who is living sustainably in her rural village. From her improved cookstove to her year-round garden, Seynabou has been learning vital skills from CREATE!’s technicians so that she can live and work both...
by CREATE! | Oct 6, 2017 | Testimonials, VSLA
Sokhna Diop, 32, of Thienaba, has taken part in all of CREATE!’s programs in her village, but says the VSLA program is her favorite. “The VSLA is playing the big role in the community because we all have the opportunity to have credit,” she says. “Many women are...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 23, 2016 | Testimonials, VSLA
Each week, CREATE! cooperative members gather to manage their money in Voluntary Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs). VSLA members save small amounts of money each week and then make loans to each other to cover business, personal, and household costs....
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 16, 2016 | Senegal, VSLA
Tabaski Mubarak! This past Sunday, September 11th, marked the beginning of Eid al-Adha, an important religious celebration called Tabaski in Senegalese Wolof. On Tabaski, following dawn prayers at their local mosque, Senegalese families slaughter a ram in ritual...
