Economic Self-sufficiency for 280 Senegalese Women

Friends,

Your continued support for CREATE! is generating sustainable livelihoods for rural women through poultry production in Senegal. Since our last report in August, our poultry cooperatives in the villages of Fass Kane and Fass Koffe have continued to expand and thrive due to your generous donations.

Thanks to your contributions, the community of Ouarkhokh now has its own beautiful poultry house and is producing chickens for sale!  In late August, CREATE! field technicians worked with cooperative members and a local mason to build the poultry shed from cement.  The shed’s sound construction will protect fragile chicks from hot temperatures and pillaging snakes.  Cooperative members have already purchased chicks to begin their first round of poultry production.

Today, you can help other communities like Ouarkhokh start their own poultry cooperatives.  For today only, GlobalGiving is matching new contributions to this project!  Please help communities like Diender and Thieneba gain new skills and livelihoods through poultry production.  With your generous donation, we can help make their dreams a reality!

One poultry cooperative member in Fass Koffe describes our poultry program: “Before CREATE! came, I wasn’t working; now I have work.  I’m responsible for feeding the chickens.  I participate in CREATE!’s programs because it improves my life.”  Together, we can improve lives of rural women by introducing poultry programs to new Senegalese communities.

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 becoming our friend on Facebook, following us on Twitter, and checking out our blog!

Best wishes,

Kaitlyn Grigsby

CREATE! Grants Coordinator & Project Leader

Links:

• Visit the CREATE! homepage
• Read more about CREATE! poultry programs
• Learn more about CREATE! programs in rural Senegal

Friends,

Thank you for our continued support of CREATE!’s project to create sustainable livelihoods for rural women through poultry production in Senegal. Since our last report in May, our poultry cooperatives have continued to expand and thrive thanks to your generous donations.

The poultry cooperatives in the communities of Fass Kane and Fass Koffe timed their most recent sale of poultry to coincide with the recent Korité holiday. Korité celebrates the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Because the holiday includes several days of feasting with family and friends, many Senegalese purchase fresh meat at this time. Poultry cooperative members decided to capitalize on the increased demand during the Korité holiday. After selling their flock of 134 chickens, the Fass Kane cooperative made about $210 in profit for this production cycle. The cooperative in Fass Koffe expects a profit of about $235 from 150 chickens. Both cooperatives plan to use some of their profit to purchase new chicks for the next production cycle.

In the community of Ouarkhokh, cooperative members are preparing to begin construction on their own poultry shed.   Ouarkhokh is located in northern Senegal, and has unique conditions – extreme heat and large snake populations - that complicate poultry production. The Ouarkhokh cooperative has modified the poultry shed design to allow chickens to thrive regardless of these challenges.

Because of its location along a major highway, Ouarkhokh’s poultry cooperative will be able to sell poultry directly to passing motorists. In the future, cooperative members hope to start their own restaurant using poultry, fruit, nuts, and vegetables produced in their garden. With your generous donation, we can help women in Ouarkhokh achieve their dreams!

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 becoming our friend on Facebook, following us on Twitter, and checking out our blog!

Best wishes,

Kaitlyn Grigsby

CREATE! Grants Coordinator & Project Leader

Links:

• CREATE! Hompage
• CREATE! Pilot Poultry Project
• Follow our blog for updates from the field!