CREATE! Founder Barry Wheeler Visits Senegal

CREATE! Founder Barry Wheeler Visits Senegal

Over the past month, CREATE! Founder Barry Wheeler has been busy in the field with our staff in Senegal. He has been providing support, guidance, and discussions on further program development. He and the team have had a lot on their plate during the last few weeks....
Empowerment and Pride in Self-Sufficiency

Empowerment and Pride in Self-Sufficiency

Women’s empowerment is a major goal of our training programs in rural Senegal, and time after time, along with this empowerment, we also see women taking great pride in the new lives they are building and the skills they are learning. Arame Thiam is one of these...
Spring Photos Highlights

Spring Photos Highlights

The cool season has come to an end in rural Senegal, and daily high temperatures now hover in the low 100s Fahrenheit. Nonetheless, the CREATE! field team continues to work hard with the beneficiaries in all thirteen partner communities so that they can continue to...
Building Solidarity and Helping Others

Building Solidarity and Helping Others

Mbene Fall, 67, is a fish and vegetable seller from the community of Fass Kane. Before her village partnered with CREATE!, she would buy and resell goods on the Kaolack market nearly 20 km away. As a widow supporting a family of 8, it was hard to makes ends meet. But...
Women and Climate Change in Senegal

Women and Climate Change in Senegal

In recent years, the topic of women and climate change has been gaining momentum across global discourse. But for the women in our partner communities in rural Senegal, it’s a very real issue that has been impacting their lives for decades. Of the 13 million people in...