Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate

Technology for the Environment

2013

Our Mission

The mission of CREATE! is to help rural populations in the developing world cope with water, food and fuel shortages resulting from the impact of climate change on their communities.

Brief History of CREATE!

CREATE! was founded in 2008 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our work is founded on the principle that all people have a right to water, food, shelter, energy and the means to earn a living.

We work with village populations to meet these needs through a culturally respectful, participatory process grounded in our belief that people must have a stake in their own development and contribute towards solving their own problems.

Where We Work

6 villages and

12,000 people

in Senegal,West Africa

What We Do

Cooperative Community

Gardens

Water Projects

Renewable Energyand Environment

Water ProjectsWe work with village communities to rehabilitate and dig new wells that are as much as 150 deep; install solar pumping systems to pump water from the wells; and construct gravity fed irrigation systems for year-round crop cultivation.

Due to a short and increasingly unreliable 3-month rainy season...

...water is in short supply.

...and drawing water by hand is hard work!

We work with traditional well diggers to access water that is more than 100 feet below the ground.

We use solar-powered pumping systems...

...to provide easy access to water for gardening and household

use.

With CREATE!’s support, community members construct gravity-fed irrigation systems to conveniently distribute water throughout the gardens...

...making it easy for women to water the plants.

A scarce water supply and a short rainy season have

made year-round crop cultivation nearly impossible.

Cooperative Community GardensAfter ensuring access to ample quantities of free water, we make it possible for cooperative groups – primarily women and girls – to grow crops on a year-round basis for the first time ever.

CREATE!’s Agriculture Specialists provide training on sustainable, irrigated, year-round agriculture.

With support from CREATE!, each group uses simple tools to clear, fence and tend community vegetable gardens that provide healthy food for their families as well as produce for sale at local markets, providing a much needed source of household income.

The women learn to grow and transplant seedlings...

...to consistently water and carefully tend the crops...

...to yield a bountiful harvest.

Traditional cooking on open fires...

...contributes to widespread deforestation.

We teach women and

girls to build

fuel-efficient

cook stoves using free,

locally available materials.

Energy and Environment

Firewood consumption is reduced by 50 to 70 percent...

...food cooks more quickly...

.... and more safely.

We work with village communities to establish tree nurseries in cooperative community gardens.

The tree nurseries provide thousands of seedlings for reforestation...

...as well as fruit and nut trees for food and income generation.

UN Millennium Development

Goals supported by CREATE!’s Program:

Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger.Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality And Empower WomenGoal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability

Self Sufficiency for Village WomenThieneba, Senegal

How support from Dining for Women will be used:

To install a solar pumping system and integrated, gravity-fed irrigation network on the newly dug well for water.

Women and girls will have access to ample quantities of free water for their garden and will no longer have to carry water by the bucketful more than a kilometer from their village.

To provide training on year-round, sustainable crop production and poultry raising to the Cooperative Garden Group.

Local non-GMO seeds, agricultural tools and supplies, as well as materials for fencing the site and constructing a seed nursery and poultry shed, will be supplied.

For the first time ever, women and girls in Thieneba will be able to grow vegetables on a year-round basis, providing healthy food for their families and a much needed source of household income from selling produce at local markets.

To teach women and girls to build and use fuel-efficient cook stoves; some of them will become trainers and will teach other women and girls in their community to build stoves.

Firewood consumption will be reduced by more than half, reducing deforestation and the amount of time women and girls spend searching for firewood. Scarce household income will be saved as women will not need to buy as much firewood to cook meals for their families..

To provide leadership and small business training to support self-sufficiency for women and girls.

Women and girls will also develop leadership skills by assuming various responsibilities – such as coordinating garden work, setting up watering schedules, and organizing for selling their produce at local markets.

Thank you, Dining For Women, for supporting CREATE! in helping women and girls improve their lives – and the lives of their community –in Thieneba, Senegal!

Learn more about CREATE!Visit our website at: www.CreateAction.org

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