by CREATE! | Nov 28, 2019 | Culture & Recipes, Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials
This week, families and friends will gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US. What do your holiday traditions look like? Across cultures, many traditions begin and center around cooking and food. And, as the holiday season is upon us, many people will...
by CREATE! | Nov 22, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, Senegal, Testimonials
Binta Diop is a mother supporting a family of five in Keur Daouda. Traditionally, women in Senegal are in charge of childcare, housekeeping, and cooking. “Before CREATE!, I did not have an occupation,” she tells us. However, through CREATE!’s training programs, Binta,...
by CREATE! | Sep 13, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Solar Power Projects, Testimonials
Across rural Senegal, many people use fossil fuels, coal and wood-burning open fires, as well as other harmful energies in their communities. CREATE! is addressing these issues through an integrated approach to energy conservation. What is an advantage to alternative...
by CREATE! | Sep 6, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Senegal, Testimonials
Renewable and appropriate technology is at the heart of CREATE!’s work. We strive to develop sustainable solutions that benefit communities and preserve the environment. Our solutions range from solar-powered water pumps to organic agriculture methods, improved...
by CREATE! | Aug 9, 2019 | Cooperative Community Gardens, Improved Cookstoves, News, Senegal, Water
CREATE! has partnered with two new communities this year! We have chosen to work with Boustane Lo and Mbossedji after they showed enthusiasm and dedication to participating in new projects and developing sustainable communities in rural Senegal. In the photo above,...
by CREATE! | Jul 12, 2019 | Improved Cookstoves, Testimonials, Tree Nurseries
The impacts of climate change, such as increasing desertification and decreasing annual rainfall, have taken a toll both socially and environmentally on rural communities in rural Senegal. However, people are fighting back by developing sustainable practices in their...
