This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Melissa Hunt. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install a faucet to provide water for the school. Melissa reports: The faucet is now up and running! The project went very smoothly. There were a […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Natalie Schmidt. To see the history of this project CLICK HERE. The project was designed to build eighteen simple pit latrines in compounds throughout the village. In actuality, 17 were built within the project budget, still a truly remarkable accomplishment. Natalie reports: […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Erin Malone. To see the history of this project CLICK HERE. The project was to repair and upgrade the two wells serving 200 people in the village. It called for the lining of each with cement, and securing of the opening to […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Daniel Robles-Olson. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to dig a well at the community center, to be used for a community garden, and accessible to the community at large. Daniel reports that the well […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Amber Patterson. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. This project was for the construction of a well to bring water to the primary school of Kountanto. Amber reports: The project started Monday, March 8, 2010 with a long […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Benjamin Bocian. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project called for a well to be built near the health post and used by at least three compounds. Benjamin reported that the water table was 10 meters lower […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Olivia Kenna. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a well to serve the Foulamory Community Health Hut as a source of potable water for the purposes of sanitation, first aid wound care, and […]
Location Mbul Waly, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Mbul Waly is a small village in the Djilor area. It has a total of 124 people living in 10 homesteads with 12 households or families. There is no electricity or running water in the village, which is located 4 km away from the nearest paved road. The […]
Location Kouthia Ba, Tambacounda, Senegal Community Description Kouthia Ba is a primarily Wolof community of about 1,500 people located in the region of Tambacounda, about 30 kilometers north of the road town of Koumpentoum. In early 2009 Kouthia Ba was established as a Communaute Rural, the community received electricity during the evening hours and within […]
Location Balori, Saraya, Kédougou, Sénégal Community Description Balori is a small farming community located about 25 kilometers from the district capital of Saraya, in the southeast corner of Sénégal in the region of Kédougou. The community has a population of about 300 people. The people of Balori are subsistence-based farmers and live in an area […]