Location Medina Afia, Department of Velingara, Region of Kolda, Senegal, West Africa Community Description The community of Medina Afia is located beside a banana and mango plantation. Most of the men in the community are employed by the farm. The village is home to approximately 1,300 people. The community has an established Case de Sante, […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Martin Davis. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to improve 6 wells and upgrade 9 foundations in the two communities. Martin reports: I’m happy to be able to finally provide you the conclusion of the 2nd […]
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 Sincan Samba Koulibaly, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Facing the Kolda cotton factory is a quartier called Samba Koulibaly, named after […]
Location Ethiolo, Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Ethiolo is a village in southeast Senegal, near the border with Guinea, about 90 km from Kedougou. This school year, Ethiolo inaugurated a new middle school. However, it lacks latrines or bathrooms. This poses a problem for the students who need to go to the bathroom while school is […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Garrison Harward and C.J. Pederson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Garrison reports: This install had the same slight problem as #19 with our experimental turn block system but aside from that everything went very smoothly. We made the […]
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 Dagua, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description The village of Saare Dagua is located within walking distance of Thiawando, only about […]
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. Garrison reports: In the course of any good appropriate technology’s development, things should be changed, innovated and tested to ensure that the product is always improving and ends […]
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 Thiawando, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description Pump #11 was our first project in this village, and if you go back and […]
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. The project was to place a second water pump in the Faraba Moringa Garden to enable the women’s group that works there to start its own vegetable garden. […]
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 Faraba, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Smack in the middle of two villages is a vast stretch of farmland. About 95 […]