by CREATE Field Staff | Jun 17, 2016 | Improved Cookstoves
Improved cookstoves are the centerpiece of CREATE!’s sustainable development programs in Senegal and cookstove trainings are always our initial intervention in rural communities. Our field technicians gauge potential partners’ commitment to our participatory approach...
by CREATE Field Staff | May 20, 2016 | Cooperative Community Gardens
It’s the hottest part of the dry season in rural Senegal. Temperatures regularly top 110 degrees F and rain hasn’t fallen in months. As a result of climate change in Senegal, the annual dry season has become increasingly harsh. Vegetable cultivation is impossible...
by CREATE Field Staff | May 5, 2016 | Testimonials
“Before CREATE!, it was difficult to find vegetables in our village. Our children didn’t even know vegetables. Now, thanks to the garden and the guidance of the CREATE! technicians, we are able to grow a variety of vegetables in Gagnick Mack.” Ndeye Maguette Dia, 32,...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 25, 2016 | Testimonials
Fatou Thioye, 22, is a member of the agricultural cooperative in Diender and has been active in it for the past five years. She is proud that the community of Diender is now producing its own vegetables. She says, “in my life there has been change for the better since...
by CREATE Field Staff | Mar 18, 2016 | Improved Cookstoves
Thanks to training from CREATE! field technicians, our improved cookstoves continue to spread across Senegal. In February, a delegation from the community of Djilor traveled to Fass Koffe to learn how to build improved cookstoves. The participants will bring their new...
