by CREATE Field Staff | Jun 23, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves
During his recent visit to Senegal, CREATE! Founder Barry Wheeler traveled to the village of Diabel with CREATE! Country Director Omar Ndiaye Seck and Field Technician Amadou Diouf to meet community members and to lead a training session in the construction of...
by CREATE Field Staff | Apr 21, 2017 | Culture & Recipes, Senegal
It’s Easter in Senegal. Every year on Good Friday, Senegalese Catholics make a traditional treat called ngalakh to enjoy over the Easter weekend. Ngalakh is a porridge made of millet, peanut paste, baobab fruit, sugar, and vanilla. After mass on Good Friday,...
by CREATE Field Staff | Apr 14, 2017 | Testimonials
“CREATE! has given us everything we need to have a perfect life: healthy food, clean water, microfinance training, and the security of our improved cookstoves.” Aida Dieng, 30, rises early each day to complete her household chores before working in the Fass Koffe...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 17, 2017 | Testimonials
Dié Sene, 50, lives in the village of Darou Diadji with her husband and children and has seen the changes that have taken place from transforming the desert through sustainable practices. She says, “I decided to participate in CREATE!’s training programs because I had...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 3, 2017 | Improved Cookstoves
In February, CREATE! field technicians traveled over 300 miles to the region of Kolda in southern Senegal to introduce our clay-sand improved cookstoves to a new part of the country through improved cookstove trainings. Two US Peace Corps Volunteers based in the...
