Water Charity is participating in a program to deliver bio-sand filters to the people of Haiti. A relief effort was begun shortly after the devastating earthquake and is continuing in the aftermath. It will be expanded as quickly as possible to provide safe water to the population over the longer term. The bio-sand filters being […]
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 Jom Jang Village, Tumbon See Gaai, Amphur Muang Nong Khai, Nong Khai Province, Thailand Community Description Jom Jang village is located on the banks of the Mekong River, approximately 18 kilometers east of the provincial capital of Nong Khai, Nong Khai Province, Thailand. The majority of the village residents are farmers and fishermen, earning […]
Location Baan Nong Hai, Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand Community Description Baan Nong Hai Village is a small, agricultural community located in Maha Sarakham Province in the Northeastern region of Thailand. The surrounding area is a plain covered with rice fields. Nearly 90% of the people in the community are rice farmers. Because it is so […]
Location Kavunyalalo (Waresa area), Magareni District, Coast Province, Kenya. Kavunyalalo is located 9 km from the newly created district capital of Magareni, Marafa. Community Description Kavunyalalo is a remote rural village of approximately 900 people. As in many parts of Kenya, women in the village must walk long distances to secure water for their families. […]
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 […]
Water Charity has started a project to deliver water filters to Haiti at once. Under the direction of Ryan Sinclair, Dr.P.H, filters are being set up in and near Port-au-Prince to dispense safe water immediately. The Center for Public Health Preparedness at Loma Linda University has sent a team to assess the needs and deliver […]
This project is to construct a water distribution system in a rural community in the Dominican Republic. Water from a protected mountain spring will be transported by gravity through a system of piping a distance of three kilometers to the community below. Water Charity is participating in this project, which involves a number of other […]
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 […]