A Visit of Appreciation

A Visit of Appreciation

Above: CREATE! Executive Director Louise Ruhr chats with Diender cooperative president Ndaga in the community garden. CREATE! Executive Director Louise Ruhr has been in Senegal traveling through CREATE!’s partner communities between January and March this year. In...
Experiencing Senegal

Experiencing Senegal

Greetings from Gossas! This week, I am writing from Senegal while I’m here working alongside our Senegalese staff and visiting our field sites for the first time. My main task while I’m here is to help increase the capacity of the communications team, which works...
Ringing in the New Year

Ringing in the New Year

Happy 2018! What a whirlwind this past year has been! While we look forward to all the wonderful things to come in the new year, we can’t help but look back on the last 12 months, and cherish all we have to be grateful for here at CREATE!. First, we are thrilled to...
It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village

You may have heard the old adage, “it takes a village to raise a child.” Here at CREATE!, we believe that it takes a global village to raise up communities that have been negatively impacted by the effects of climate change. And indeed, we have seen the amazing...
Welcome to the New Website

Welcome to the New Website

You may have noticed the CREATE! blog (and logo!) looks a little different than it used to. We are excited to announce the launch of our brand new website, designed by UplinkSpyder, Inc., a local web development firm based here in Eugene, OR. We are absolutely...