by CREATE! | Jul 5, 2019 | News, Senegal, Tree Nurseries
Tree-planting season in Senegal is upon us! Every year during the rainy season, CREATE!’s partner communities participate in an annual tree-planting campaign. Each community plants an average of 3,000 trees for food, windbreak, shade, and firewood. One of these...
by CREATE! | May 10, 2019 | News, Poultry, Testimonials
Recently, five of our partners communities started building their poultry sheds in the first quarter of 2019. In our 5-year development model, poultry raising is one of the later projects. This is a big milestone for the communities of Wereyane, Santhie, Mboss, Back...
by CREATE! | Apr 26, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Photo Highlights, Senegal
Back in November, we shared stories from our two new partner communities in 2018. Yougouré was one of these communities and had just started to clear a plot of land where they would cultivate a sustainable year-round garden. Fast-forward about four months and Yougouré...
by CREATE! | Mar 1, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
How do people know how to protect their gardens from locusts? When is the best time of year to plant navets (turnips)? Or, how to cook the best ceebu jen? Children watch their parents’ daily activities, and in turn, parents teach their children the skills that they...
by CREATE! | Jan 18, 2019 | Culture & Recipes, Poultry
For most rural villages in Senegal, chicken is only eaten for holidays and special occasions. Not because poultry is specifically saved for holidays, but because of its high price in both money and time. For the community of Darou Diadji, feeding your family poultry...
