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: We’ve explained the process of installing pumps in great detail many times, so with this install going so smoothly we thought we’d take extra time to […]
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, Senegal Community Description Meet Mamadou Barry, Abou and Jacob. Mamadou Barry has a huge passion for Senegal and particularly […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd, Garrison Harward, and Amy Watts. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Marcie reports: With the conclusion of this second pump in the space, there is now adequate water readily available to properly irrigate the community garden. In […]
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 Daro Keur Ibrahima Signane, Fatick, Senegal Community Description This project is being implemented in the community of Daro Keur Ibrahima […]
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 and Garrison report: This pump has been a long time in the making. We initially did the village meetings before the rainy season, prepped the well cap […]
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 and Marcie report: We mentioned in our initial post about this 5 pump tourney that we were going to do some experiments and these 4 pumps offered […]
Location MballoCoundaThierno, Vellingara, Kolda, Senegal Community Description The community of MballoCoundaThierno is located in the region of Kolda. It is a village of 350 people and is located 8 km from the road. It is a Pulaar village in which the majority of people farm peanuts, corn, cotton and other grains. They also tend to […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Matt McLaughlin. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to fabricate a mold for casting concrete bio-sand filters. Matt reports: In January of 2010, I began discussing with Ibrahima Gueye (then director of the UAP – a […]
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 Dassilame Serere, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Yep we’re back here in Dassilame Serere once again. We’ve already described quite a […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Ann Marie Albright. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a water tap at the school and construct a fence around the school. Ann Marie reports: On behalf of the entire Barkedji community, thank you […]