by CREATE! | May 1, 2020 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Water
You’ve heard many testimonials and stories from the women in CREATE!’s partner communities, but what about the men? Although the majority of CREATE!’s work in Senegal focuses on women, men are also an important part of our program activities and the effort to build a...
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! | Dec 13, 2019 | News, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Water
Last month, we were proud to announce that Mbossedji, one of two new partner communities, gained access to clean water! Today, we are thrilled to say that our second new partner community, Boustane Lo, had a successful solar water pump installation. Now they are ready...
by CREATE! | Dec 6, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Solar Power Projects, Water
The clouds have cleared away, and the blue sky stretches from horizon to horizon as the sun scorches the parched Earth. It will be another nine-months until communities in rural Senegal see rain again. As the dry season progresses, the fresh green landscape from the...
by CREATE! | Nov 15, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, News, Photo Highlights, Solar Power Projects, Water
We are so excited to announce that Mbossedji, one of our newest partner communities, officially has access to clean, abundant water! This is thanks to a successful well-rehabilitation and installation of a solar water pump by CREATE!’s highly skilled technicians. Now...
by CREATE! | Oct 1, 2019 | News, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Tree Nurseries, Water
Climate change is a global challenge that affects communities around the world. Many people are working to develop sustainable lifestyles locally in an effort to alleviate this challenge. How can local environmental changes have global effects? Part of the solution to...
