Location Tanda Mboudaye, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description The community is an ethnically Serere village, with some Wolof, Pulaar, and Bambara families. There are 66 households and approximately 900 people. It is a Muslim village, with one or two Catholic households. Tanda Mboudaye is largely a subsistence farming village, the main export of which is peanuts. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Darren Watkins. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to reinforce 19 existing wells with cement, as well as build a pulley system for the wells in 5 villages of Kolda. Darren reports: The well repair project […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Adrian Martinez. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Marcie reports: Though Saare Bidji has electricity, they have no cell phone service and so we could not call before the installation to let them know of our […]
This project is part of our 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks Program, being implemented by Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the program and follow its progress, CLICK HERE. Location Saare Bidji, Kolda, Senegal Community Description On the outskirts of Kolda sits a small, one runway airport. Behind the airport, […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Garrison Harward. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Garrison reports: This is our last Toubacouta area pump, and of course with the finish line in sight things couldn’t possibly just go according to plan. Well, mainly they did, with […]
Location Maleme Niani, Tambacounda Department, Tambacounda Region, Senegal Community Description Maleme Niani is a poli-urban community, made up of a combination of Pulaar and Mandinka ethnic groups, of 3,000 people. It is located on the Route National, 70 km west of the city of Tambacounda. It is an active community with a primary school and […]
This project is part of our 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks Program, being implemented by Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the program and follow its progress, CLICK HERE. LocationToubacouta, Fatick, Senegal Community DescriptionToubacouta is a beautiful Mandinkan village located right on the Sin Saloum Delta. People here are mainly […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Garrison Harward. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Garrison reports: This was by far the most fun I have had installing a rope pump. Firstly, taking a boat through the mangroves to get to the site just sets everything […]
This project is part of our 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks Program, being implemented by Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the program and follow its progress, CLICK HERE. Location Sippo, Fatick, Senegal Community Description As you can probably tell by the pictures the village of Sippo is an Island […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Marcie reports: The Salemata pump installation was supposed to be the second of the day, but turned out to be the only one. The night before the installation, […]