by CREATE! | Jul 26, 2018 | Photo Highlights
Many of CREATE!’s partner communities are located in Senegal’s “peanut basin”. This area of the country is renowned for its seasonal groundnut cultivation. Each year, over one million metric tons of peanuts are harvested from the region. The majority of the...
by CREATE! | Jul 12, 2018 | Cooperative Community Gardens
One of the most gratifying aspects of our work in rural Senegal is getting to see the literal transformation of communities throughout their partnership with CREATE!. Each community has its own unique characteristics, challenges, and advantages, but it’s always...
by CREATE! | Jun 14, 2018 | News
(Image from senenews.com) Football (or soccer, here in the US) is one of the most popular sports in the world, including in Senegal. This year CREATE! staff and field technicians will be watching on the edge of their seats, because for the second time in world...
by CREATE! | May 3, 2018 | Culture & Recipes
Improved cookstoves can be found in almost any household in CREATE!’s partner communities, but did you know that you can also find improved cookstoves throughout their community gardens as well? These improved cookstoves are used to make café Touba, a popular coffee...
by CREATE! | Apr 12, 2018 | 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...