Location Darou Ibrahima Sagnane, Fatick Senegal Community Description Darou Sagnane is a small farming village in Fatick, Senegal about 20 km north of the Gambia border and 25 km east of the coast. It has a population of about 350 people. Villagers belong to the Wolof ethnic group. Rainy season farming is the primary income-generating […]
Location Karang Soce, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Karang Soce is a small sub-village located approximately 2 kilometers west of Karang proper, in the region of Fatick, on the northern border of The Gambia. It has a population of 622. The local community speaks Wolof, but they are primarily known to speak Mandinka and Seerere. The […]
Location Bane, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description Bane is a small village located 20 kilometers west of Kaolack, Senegal near the bank of the Saloum River. The population is about one hundred fifty people during the dry season, but grows to three hundred in the rainy season for farming and harvest. Bane’s people make their living […]
Location Boff Poupouye, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Boff Poupouye is a small rural community located within the department of Fatick, 110 km east of the capital Dakar. The village consists of roughly 300 people during the dry season and upwards of 400 during the harvesting months. The community has no electricity and relies on wells […]
Location Laradjie Jaxanke, Tambacounda, Senegal Community Description Laradjie is a small Jaxanke village located 21 km southeast of the regional capital Tambacounda. The village population totals approximately 200 people, comprised of 23% men, 24% women, and 53% children. Most villagers are sustenance farmers, and make a small profit selling various crops and produce. Many farmers […]
Location Fatick, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Fatick is a small city of 26,000 people, located in Western Senegal on the northern tip of the Sine river delta. It is the capital for the region of Fatick. Fatick is predominantly ethnically Serere with small communities of Wolof and Pulaar. The project will take place in Ndiaye-Ndiaye, […]
Location Sare Demba Mballo, Sare Bidji, Kolda, Senegal Community Description The village of Sare Demba Mballo in the community Rural of Sare Bidji in the region of Kolda is made up almost entirely of Pulaar peasant farmers. There are approximately 250 residents year-round; the number increases slightly to about 300 during the rainy season. Roughly […]
Location Ndoumane Mbaye, Tambacounda region, Senegal, West Africa Community Description Ndoumane is a small village of Pulaar subsistence farmers, 111 kilometers west of the regional capital of Tambacounda, in the Tambacounda region of Senegal. Here, 345 villagers lead a physically exhausting lifestyle with remarkable grace and openness. Herding cattle, goats and sheep bring in a […]
Location Dioulafondu, Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Dioulafondu is a medium-sized village of roughly 800 people in the far southeast of Senegal. It is located 50 kilometers northeast of the regional capital of Kedougou, two kilometers off of the new national route to Mali, in the arrondissement of Bembou in the Kedougou region. The village has […]
The project resulted in the construction of a well, which now provides water for irrigation of the community garden, and potable water for use by the rest of the community. To read about the start of this project, CLICK HERE. Laura Coberly writes: Thank you so much for making this project possible… The well is […]