Gender Equality Senegal Project #19655

Food Security for 1,800 Villagers in Senegal

by Center for Renewable Energy and Appropriate Technology for the Environment (CREATE!)

Project Report | Feb 4, 2016
Thank You from Ouarkhokh!

By Kaitlyn Grigsby-Hall | CREATE! Grants Coordinator & Project Leader

Marieme in the Ouarkhokh garden

Friends,

Thanks to your support, women in Ouarkhokh now have a drip irrigation system in their cooperative garden site! Your generous donations will help cooperative members expand vegetable production and earn more money to sustain their families!

Over the past year, your donations helped CREATE! support the agricultural cooperative in Ouarkhokh and have now funded the installation of a drip irrigation system in the cooperative’s expanded garden site. Just a few weeks ago, CREATE! field technicians worked with community volunteers to install the drip irrigation system in two acres of land within the garden site. By providing access to a drip irrigation system, cooperative members can increase the amount of irrigated land in their garden plot by 75% and greatly expand their production of vegetables for both home use and sale in local markets. The drip irrigation system will help cooperative members save money, time, and labor through efficient water use.

In the past months, as they dreamed of a drip irrigation system, women continued to spend hours every day watering the garden by hand. They harvested hundreds of pounds of eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, okra, lettuce, and other vegetables. Imagine – Ouarkhokh cooperative members will now be able to accomplish so much more with the addition of a drip irrigation system.

Marieme is part of the agricultural cooperative in Ouarkhokh. She is thrilled that she now has the knowledge and opportunities that she needs to improve her life. Marieme dreams of using her new skills to “help her parents and other people in need.” She is also excited about the potential benefits of drip irrigation. She says, “we are so happy to now have the drip irrigation system in Ouarkhokh!”

Communities in rural Senegal still need your support. CREATE!’s other project on GlobalGiving also helps villagers build a sustainable future for their communities. Be sure to stay updated with what’s going on with CREATE! by signing up for our email list, becoming our friend on Facebook, following us on Twitter, and checking out our blog!

Best wishes,

Kaitlyn

Field technicians install pipes in the garden site

Installation of pipes throughout the garden site

Drip irrigation will save time and labor

Women can also use water more efficiently

The cooperative is excited about the new system!

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Dec 17, 2015
Bountiful Harvests in Ouarkhokh

By Kaitlyn Grigsby-Hall | CREATE! Project Leader & Grants Coordinator

Weighing the recent eggplant harvest in Ouarkhokh

Friends,

“We would like to increase vegetable production in our cooperative garden.” Astou, who lives in Ouarkhokh, believes that installing a drip irrigation system in the garden site will help cooperative members save money, time, and labor through efficient water use. She loves working in the garden, but knows that an irrigation system will help cooperative members expand vegetable production and earn even more money to support their families. “Our whole community,” Astou adds, “is counting on our partnership with CREATE!”

With your support, CREATE! can install a drip irrigation network to help Ouarkhokh cooperative members fully exploit the land in their garden through year-round irrigated agriculture. This holiday season, consider honoring a loved one by donating to CREATE! in their name. Imagine – your donation will help women like Astou save money, time, and labor through efficient water use.

The agricultural cooperative in Ouarkhokh is currently growing African eggplants, okra, peppers, watermelon, lettuce and cabbage. They sold several hundred pounds of okra and peppers in October. CREATE! field technicians have also been working with a local irrigation expert to prepare the garden site for the installation of the drip irrigation system. With your continued support, we can raise the remainder of the funds needed to complete the installation within the next month. You can make a difference for women and families in Ouarkhokh!

CREATE!’s beneficiaries truly appreciate your donation to help them on their way to economic self-sufficiency! So what’s next? We would love to have you get more involved with CREATE! Send an email to kaitlyn@createaction.org and I will let you know all the different ways that you can help out! Be sure to stay updated with what’s going on with CREATE! by signing up for our email list, becoming our friend on Facebook, following us on Twitter, and checking out our blog!

Best wishes,

Kaitlyn

Clearing land for new garden beds

Sowing seeds for new vegetable crops

Watering African eggplants in the Ouarkhokh garden

Harvesting hot peppers from the garden site

A bountiful watermelon harvest

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Sep 24, 2015
Improving Lives in Ouarkhokh

By Kaitlyn Grigsby-Hall | CREATE! Grants Coordinator and Project Leader

Women plant fruit and nut trees in the garden site

Friends,

“By working in the CREATE! garden, I can now take care of my family.” Soda, who is part of the Ouarkhokh garden cooperative, is thankful for the agricultural training she has received from CREATE! field technicians because she now has the skills she needs to earn a livelihood. “Because our community is located next to the highway, it is easy to sell vegetables,” Soda adds. “My family now has access to healthy, local food and I can take care of our daily living expenses.”

With your support, CREATE! can install a drip irrigation network to help Ouarkhokh cooperative members fully exploit the land in their garden through year-round irrigated agriculture. This week, make an ongoing commitment to women like Soda. For this week only, GlobalGiving is matching new recurring donations at 100%! To make a recurring donation, click here: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/drip-irrigation-for-garden-in-ouarkhokh-senegal/?show=recurring. To thank you for your commitment, every new recurring donation of $25 or more to this project will receive a screen-printed CREATE! tote bag! After you donate, send us an email with your mailing address to claim your free gift.

Since July, the agricultural cooperative in Ouarkhokh has continued to plant, tend, and harvest vegetables. Fruitful harvests remain a possibility because women spend hours every day watering the garden by hand. In August, the cooperative harvested eggplants, peppers, okra, and hibiscus. Think of what more these women could accomplish with the addition of a drip irrigation system in part of their garden site! Your donation can help women like Soda save money, time, and labor through efficient water use. A drip irrigation system will help Soda expand vegetable production and earn even more money to support her family.

Best wishes,

Kaitlyn

Women working in the Ouarkhokh garden site

Weighing eggplant grown in the Ouarkhokh garden

Women grow a variety of vegetables, such as okra

Watering by hand in the Ouarkhokh garden site

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