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 | 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 2, 2016 | Improved Cookstoves
This week, CREATE!’s Senegal team hosted visitors from Vibrant Village Foundation’s programs in northern Ghana. Lenny Baer, Ghana Program Director, and his colleague Phillip, toured CREATE!’s partner villages to learn more about our integrated, community-based...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 14, 2016 | Culture & Recipes
On October 12th, families in Senegal gathered to celebrate the holiday of Tamkharit. Also called Achoura, Tamkharit is the Islamic New Year. Food is an important part of the festivities. Women prepare a traditional meal of thiéré, couscous with spicy lamb stew, that...
by CREATE Field Staff | Oct 7, 2016 | Testimonials
Awa Leye, 86, says that her life has dramatically improved since she started participating in CREATE! programs in Darou Diadji two years ago, and has seen how the program is helping communities develop. She enjoys working in the village’s cooperative garden and is...
