by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 12, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Poultry, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Tree Nurseries, VSLA, Water
This week, CREATE! staff met with leaders from the communities of Walo, Gagnick Mack, and Darou Diadji and pledged to strengthen their mutual financial and technical partnerships. With support from Vibrant Village Foundation, CREATE! is now working with these villages...
by Louise Ruhr | Nov 14, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Tree Nurseries, Water
The evolution of the Fass Koffe cooperative garden over the past four years has been astounding! On her recent visit to Fass Koffe, CREATE! Chief Operating Officer Louise Ruhr was once again impressed with all of the work that cooperative members have done, in...
by CREATE Field Staff | Nov 6, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Solar Power Projects, Water
At the end of September, a delegation from the village of Keur Soce visited CREATE!’s partner communities of Fass Koffe and Fass Kane. CREATE!’s program area is located approximately 30 miles northeast of the community of Keur Soce. The Andando Foundation, an...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 17, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Culture & Recipes, Water
Thanks to seasonal rains, access to supplemental water, and agricultural training, the cooperative garden in Ouarkhokh is thriving! Cooperative members are busy transplanting seedlings and harvesting other crops that are now ready to eat. The Ouarkhokh cooperative...
by Louise Ruhr | Jul 25, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Water
July typically marks the beginning of the three-month rainy season in Senegal. This region of West Africa usually receives most of the year’s precipitation during this period. This year, however, CREATE!’s partner communities in Senegal have only had two light...
by Louise Ruhr | Jun 23, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Water
Without access to an affordable source of water, year-round vegetable cultivation is impossible in Senegal, where the annual dry season is nine months long. June marks the end of the long dry season, but the rains have not yet arrived. In four of CREATE!’s partner...
