Location Keur Andallah Willane, Department of Fatick, Region of Kaolack, Senegal Community Description Keur Andallah Willane is a small community of about 600 people that is located about 25 kilometers from the nearest major town. The village is mainly composed of the Wolof ethnic group, but there are many Bambara speakers as well. The village […]
Location Keur Diam, Keur Madiabel, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description The community of Keur Diam is an ethnically Pulaar village made up of about 280 people in the Peanut Basin of Senegal. Loca ted about 40 km from Kaolack, the village supports itself primarily by farming peanuts, millet, corn, and sorghum, as well as herding cattle. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Rosanne Dunivan. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to construct 16 latrines in the village. Rosanne reports: With the project, 14 simple pit lined latrines were built, one for each family without a latrine. Each villager […]
Location Boke Salsalbe, Saint Louis, Senegal Community Description Boke Salsalbe is a village of approximately 500 people, located in the Saint Louis region, approximately 8 kilometers off the national road. The village is comprised of mostly people from the Pulaar ethnic group, the main source of income being animal husbandry and subsistence agriculture. Many families […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Sarah Keyes. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a 2-compartment latrine at the middle school. Sarah reports: The latrine project has been successfully completed. The original project concept was for the construction of a latrine […]
Location Boke Diallobe, Region of St. Louis, Department of Podor, Senegal Community Description Boke Diallobe is a small village in Northern Senegal of approximately 500 people of Pulaar ethnicity. Subsistence farming and animal husbandry are the main sources of income, although the economy is largely stimulated by remittances from family abroad. The village has one […]
Location Pellel Kindessa, Kedougou Region, Senegal Community Description Pellel Kindessa is a rural community of around 1,100 people is located south-eastern Senegal. It is a sprawling village with five neighborhoods nestled at the base of the mountains next to the Guinean border. There are no businesses or stores in the town and pretty much every […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Chelsea Moeller. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to improve the Mampatim Middle School well by digging the existing 25-meter well down an additional 5 meters and lining the lower portion. In actuality, the existing well […]
Location Mampatim, Kolda District, Senegal Community Description Mampatim is a medium-sized town of 3,080 people, located in the southern part of Sénégal in the region of Kolda, about 67 kilometers from the district capital of Kolda. The people of Mampatim have about 470 compounds. Due to the growing population, there is an insufficient amount of […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Sarah Keyes. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide a new latrine for the elementary school teachers and visitors of the school. Sarah reports: My village school now has a wonderful complete functioning latrine. The process […]