Location Sambande, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description Sambande is a small Seereer village of 500 people located 20 kilometers south of Kaolack and several kilometers from the nearest paved road. There is no electricity and the main source of income for the village is peanut and millet farming. In the center of the village is the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Olivia Kenna. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a new health hut to serve the villages of Foulamory Demba, Foulamory Yero, Saere Djiba and Saere Sawaly, in the Kolda region of Southern Senegal. Water […]
Location Saly Escale, Koungheul, Kaffrine, Senegal Community Description Saly Escale is in the District of Koungheul, Region of Kaffrine, Senegal. It is located approximately 20 km southwest of the capital of the ‘Département de Koungheul.’ Despite it’s designation as the capital of the ‘Communauté Rurale de Saly,’ the village remains financially depressed. Currently, only a […]
This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Ethan McClelland. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to repair the pump and restore the water supply used for irrigation in the women’s community garden. Ethan reports: The pump was completed by a local contractor who […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Stephanie Shumsky. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct six latrines at the school. Stephanie reports: The latrine project at the primary school in Patar Lia has been completed! Construction finished up just this week […]
Location Fass Pathe Kande, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Fass Pathe Kande is a small Pulaar farming community located approximately 3 kilometers north of Kounkane, in the region of Kolda. It is comprised of 181 persons in 12 main households. Fass Pathe Kande has a local primary school that also serves four additional villages, for a […]
Location Pethie, Djilor, Foundiougne, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Pethie is a rural village in the Djilor area. There are a total of 378 people living in 22 compounds with 42 households or families. The village chief is named Ngor Diouf. There is no electricity or running water, and the village is approximately 2.5 km away […]
Location Saré Sara, Bagadaji, Dabo, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Saré Sara is a small Pular village along the road in the southern Senegalese region of Kolda, about twenty kilometers outside of Kolda, the regional capital. Spread across its sixty-one compounds is a population of approximately 450 people. Of that, 22% are adult men, 21% are […]
Location Guia, St. Louis Region, Senegal Community Description Guia is a town of 6,000 people in the St. Louis region of Northern Senegal. Its only school is the primary school where 400 children attend yearly. The school itself receives water from a nearby forage (hand-powered water pump). Most of the people in Guia are of […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Katherine Crocker. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to improve and deepen an existing well, and also dig a new well in another location. Katherine reports: Both wells are completed. The 12-year-old pulling water at the […]