by CREATE! | Dec 27, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
Here at CREATE!, we value a participatory approach to our projects so that community members can take the power of change into their own hands. We believe that to truly create sustainable development, the change needs to come from within the village at the grassroots...
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! | Oct 11, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal, Testimonials
Climate change has taken a toll on life in rural Senegal. Families become separated as men look for work in places even as far as Europe. Women will stay in the communities to take care of their children, occasionally working during the short rainy season, or working...
by CREATE! | Sep 13, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Solar Power Projects, Testimonials
Across rural Senegal, many people use fossil fuels, coal and wood-burning open fires, as well as other harmful energies in their communities. CREATE! is addressing these issues through an integrated approach to energy conservation. What is an advantage to alternative...
