Community Partnership News From Rural Senegal
At CREATE, we believe that sustainable change is possible through community partnership. We partner with communities in rural Senegal to promote self-sufficiency in 4 key areas: water, energy, agriculture, and income generation. To learn more about the latest news and successes happening in our partner communities, explore the blogs below.
How Senegal is Fighting COVID-19
In the face of a worldwide issue, it's amazing to see how our global community is coming together to support each other and take action against COVID-19. Communities that are continents and oceans away from each other are working hard to help their local and global...
My CREATE! Story: The Inspiring Women of Senegal
Recently, CREATE!'s Development Associate, Paulomi Bhattacharyya spent two weeks working in Senegal for the first time. In this week's blog post, she reflects on experiences, moments, and people that have changed her life forever. (Pictured above is Paulomi with Oumy...
Mboss Installs a Drip Irrigation System
In Senegal, gusts from a northeasterly trade wind are blowing in from the Sahara, relentlessly scattering the dry grains of sand on huts, and sweeping over fires and young crops. This is Harmattan season. Women cover their faces with thin, colorful cloths throughout...
Tapping into the Power of Solar Energy
For communities in rural Senegal, the sun is a reliable source of energy. Nine months out of the year, villages are exposed to clear skies without a drop of rain. Once the rainy season comes, it lasts for a fleeting three months before the sky clears again, leaving...
Discussing Rural Development: A Testimonial Video from Seck
CREATE!’s approach to rural development focuses on the well-being of our partner communities. Our staff is composed of compassionate individuals who have a great love for the people they work with as well as the work that they do. In turn, we are able to build strong...
Photo Highlights from Diabel’s Dry Season Harvest
The afternoon sun burns down on golden grasses, dry shrubs, and scattered baobab trees. Life slows down during the hottest time of the day here. Women pause their work in the community gardens to share cups of Café Touba and socialize in the cool shade. Although...
Valentine’s Day: Another Reason to Celebrate Our Love for Our Work and Our Donors!
This Valentine’s Day, we’d like to take the time to show appreciation for our donors who make CREATE!’s work in Senegal possible and share the love that we have for sustainable community development and individual empowerment. Our Donors Have the Biggest Hearts: On...
Decreasing Rural Migration in Senegal: An Interview with President Diop
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...
How Microloans are Supporting Families
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,...
Expanding Our Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
For ten years, CREATE! has worked with rural communities across Senegal on sustainable development projects. CREATE! has hosted numerous improved cookstove trainings to show people how they can create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable environment in their...
Building Sustainable Communities: Before and After Photos
One year ago, the communities of Diabel and Yougouré gained access to water using solar technology for the first time ever! Since then, they’ve made immense progress over the last year towards building more sustainable communities. We are so inspired to work with such...
CREATE! Attends Tostan Workshop: Promoting Community Well-Being
What constitutes community well-being? At CREATE!, we believe that the community members themselves should define their own well-being. We provide training and support that enables rural villages in Senegal to take ownership of their self-development projects. While...