Growing a Better Life

Growing a Better Life

Asta Ndiaye, 65, is a vegetable seller, so she certainly knows the value of having good quality produce. In the past, she used to buy and sell all her produce on the Kaolack market nearly 20 km away, but these days, she can grow her own vegetables to sell year-round...
Integrated Approach in Action

Integrated Approach in Action

It is nearing the end of the rainy season in Senegal, and Ndeye Diop, 25, of Walo is out harvesting her watermelon crops. The big, sweet, juicy fruit, along with the rich harvest of vegetables coming from the community garden, will be more than enough to feed her...
Creating a Market for Poultry

Creating a Market for Poultry

In the CREATE! partner community of Ouarkhokh, there are now 12 households that have their own poultry sheds. Seven of these are owned by CREATE! cooperative members, who learned how to raise poultry through CREATE! training and shared this knowledge with their...
The Benefits of Poultry in Thieneba

The Benefits of Poultry in Thieneba

Ndeye Top, 52, is the president of the poultry production cooperative in the community of Thieneba. She lives with her four children and two grandchildren. Ndeye is proud of her village, where “there is solidarity among neighbors” and where her children are able to...
New Poultry Projects in Walo

New Poultry Projects in Walo

In recent months, CREATE! field technicians worked with community volunteers in Walo, Gagnick Mack, and Darou Diadji to help them build their own poultry sheds. After receiving training in the care, management, and marketing of poultry from CREATE! field technicians,...