Location Boly Seereer, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Boly Seereer is a small farming village located in the Fatick region of Senegal. With a population of just a little over 250 people, Boly is an underdeveloped village with no running water, electricity or sanitation system of any kind. Boly Seereer has one local elementary school, Boly […]
Location Sare Fass Kahone, Region Kolda, Senegal Community Description Fass Kahone is a village of 150 people, located approximately 40 miles east of the city of Kolda, and 20 miles north of the Route Nationale. Subsistence farming is the primary activity in the village. The men in Fass Kahone farm corn, millet, peanuts, and cotton, […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Elizabeth Keller. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was initially designed to repair the hand pump in Fass Kahone, but because of difficulties encountered, it changed to a broader objective of improving 8 wells in the community. Elizabeth […]
Location Sinthian Medina Cherif, Velingara District, Kolda Region, Senegal Community Description Sinthian Medina Cherif is a village in the department of Velingara, region of Kolda, with a population of about 250 people. It is located next to a national road and surrounded by trees and farms. The next nearest village is about 5 kilometers away. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Tess Komarek. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Tess Komarek’s Missira Dantila Pump Project Report: Date of project completion: May 31, 2015 (Six month follow up pump usage surveys completed November 10, 2015) This project began when I was first […]
This project is made possible through the collaboration of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Missira(h) Dantila, Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Missira Dantila is a rural farming community with no electricity or running water. The village is 3 hours from the regional capital Kedougou, and has a population of roughly 1,000 people. […]
Location Nemabah, Fatick Region, Senegal Community Description Nemabah is a Serere village of about 1,300 people. It is located on a laterite road, 5 km south of Toubacouta, in the Fatick Region and overlooks the Sine Saloum Delta. The majority of the community members are farmers, and many engage in gardening, fishing and oyster cultivation. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Erica Berlin. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a well in the village of Nemabah. Erica reports: The project included one community well that is about three meters deep. A community member and his nephews […]
Location Kekeressi, Department of Salemata, Kedougou Region, Senegal Community Description The community of Kekeressi consists of about 150 people whose main occupations are subsistence farming and gardening. Though small in numbers, they have shown ambition in their efforts to improve food security for the continually growing population. The Madame Wade Primary School in Kekeressi has […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Steve Sullivan, Jubal Faircloth, and Kelsey Salvo. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to create a water storage basin to maintain water for irrigation of the school garden and a tree nursery. The project has been completed, […]