by Louise Ruhr | Aug 28, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Tree Nurseries
During the rainy season in Senegal, CREATE!’s field technicians help community members plant tree seedlings. Cooperative groups plant fruit and nut trees, such as papaya and cashew, to supplement their diets and provide another source of household income. Women also...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 22, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Senegal
The short rainy season in Senegal brings heavy downpours that can overwhelm existing drainage systems. After the garden plot in Thieneba suffered flooding after recent rains, cooperative members and CREATE! field technicians collaborated to design and install a...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 14, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Testimonials, VSLA
One year after partnering with Dining for Women in Thieneba, CREATE!’s programs in this community are thriving. The cooperative garden in Thieneba is bearing hundreds of kilograms of eggplant and tomatoes. This spring, women mobilized to form VSLA groups, which now...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 8, 2014 | Cooperative Community Gardens
CREATE! field technicians and garden cooperative members want an “end to the use of chemical pesticides, which are a threat to people and the environment!” In the past, cooperative members have applied some chemical pesticides to deter insects from eating crops. ...
by Louise Ruhr | Aug 1, 2014 | Culture & Recipes, Senegal, VSLA
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...
