This project was completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Marisa Van Osdale. Our congratulations and gratitude are extended to her for the fine job she did in leading the community in this effort. To read about the beginning of this project CLICK HERE. A well was built in the primary school in Goudoude […]
Location Missirah Ouseman, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Missirah Ouseman, locally known as Ouseman Diay, is a Pulaar village situated 30 kilometers east of Kolda même and two kilometers off the road to Velingara. Founded by Ouseman Balde in 1963, the village has grown to 167 inhabitants with 15 heads of household. As subsistence farmers, the […]
Location Thiabedji, Region of Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Thiabedji is a village of approximately 1,200 people, located about 35 kilometers from Kedougou, the region’s capital city. It is considered a center point for about 10 smaller villages nearby, making it quite diverse linguistically and culturally. While Pular is the main language of Thiabedji, there is […]
Location This project will help five villages in the region of Kolda, Senegal. The villages of Goundaga, Linguewal, Sarre Nianthio, Sarre Keita, and Sarre Niappo are 105 km east of the city of Kolda, and located just south of the national highway. Community Description The communities are 100% Pulaar with the overwhelming majority being Fula […]
Location This project will be located at the primary school in the village of Kountanto in south-central Senegal. Kountanto is 4 km from a paved road, 15 km from the nearest town, and 140 km from the regional capitol. Community Description Kountanto is comprised of about 400 peanut farmers of the Pulaar ethnic group. The […]
Location Sokone, Senegal Community Description Sokone is a small town located in the region of Fatick and the department of Foundiougne, in Senegal, West Africa. Sokone has a population of 16,096; and it is divided primarily amongst Serrers (60%), Wolofs (22%), and Diolas (5%). The town of Sokone has an active women’s group of 30 […]
Location Foulamory Demba, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description This project will impact on four Pulaar villages located within two kilometers of each other: Foulamory Demba, Foulamory Yero, Saere Djiba, and Saere Sawaly. The villages are located about 13 kilometers from Velingara, a small city in the Southern Kolda region of Senegal. The population of […]
Location Segou, Senegal Community Description Segou is a medium-sized village in Senegal of about 1,200 people. It is Pula Futa by ethnicity and almost everyone has the last name Diallo. The village is nestled right at the foothills at the start of the Guinea mountain range, and houses the local border crossing post. The abundant […]
Location Medina Abdoul, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description Medina Abdoul is a small Pulaar village of 131 people in the Kolda region, which is in the south of Senegal between The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. It is 40 km from Kolda and 3 km from the paved road. There is a primary school in the […]
Location Kedougou, Segou, Koboye and Pellel, Senegal Community Description Kedougou is the capital of the region of the same name in the far southeast of Senegal, bordering Guinea and Mali. Although there is a municipal water system in Kedougou, over half of the 15,000 residents still get their water from wells, many of them unlined […]