by CREATE Field Staff | Dec 23, 2016 | Testimonials, VSLA
Each week, CREATE! cooperative members gather to manage their money in Voluntary Savings and Lending Associations (VSLAs). VSLA members save small amounts of money each week and then make loans to each other to cover business, personal, and household costs....
by CREATE Field Staff | Sep 16, 2016 | Senegal, VSLA
Tabaski Mubarak! This past Sunday, September 11th, marked the beginning of Eid al-Adha, an important religious celebration called Tabaski in Senegalese Wolof. On Tabaski, following dawn prayers at their local mosque, Senegalese families slaughter a ram in ritual...
by CREATE Field Staff | Jul 29, 2016 | Testimonials
Faty Top, 45, lives happily in the community of Ouarkhokh with her five children. She decided to participate in CREATE!’s cooperative agricultural programs because she wanted to work and to support her children. CREATE!’s programs have had a profound effect on Faty’s...
by CREATE Field Staff | Jul 8, 2016 | News
This past Tuesday marked the beginning of Korité, an important holiday in Senegal and across West Africa. Korité, known as Eid al-Fitr in Arabic, celebrates the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, observant Muslims abstain from drinking and eating...
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,...
