by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 24, 2017 | Culture & Recipes
As Senegal begins to enter the hottest part of the year, cooperative members in CREATE! partner communities continue to work diligently in their gardens. In March, women are harvesting many different types of vegetables, including cool weather crops such as lettuce,...
by CREATE Field Staff | Feb 24, 2017 | Testimonials
Meet Teningue Faye, a 21-year old cooperative member in the community of Gagnick Mack. Unusually for rural Senegal, Teningue does not live in a large multi-generational family compound but instead lives in a small house with her husband and three children. Her husband...
by CREATE Field Staff | Feb 10, 2017 | Cooperative Community Gardens
Thanks to mild temperatures, access to abundant water, and the hard work of cooperative members, the gardens in all of CREATE!’s partner communities are thriving! Some cooperative groups had a harvest of over 550 pounds of vegetables in January alone. Each day,...
by CREATE Field Staff | Jan 13, 2017 | Testimonials
Ndeye Amy Diop, 21, lives with her in-laws in the small community of Walo while her husband is off working in Dakar. She started participating in CREATE! training programs about two years ago because she wanted to support her family. Ndeye says that before CREATE!...
by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 16, 2016 | Poultry, Testimonials
Ndeye Top, 52, is the president of the poultry production cooperative in the community of Thieneba. She lives with her four children and two grandchildren. Ndeye is proud of her village, where “there is solidarity among neighbors” and where her children are able to...
