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Salikenneh Village Water Project – The Gambia

This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This project has been completed.  To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE.  Location Salikenneh Village, Sami District, Central River Region, The Gambia Community Description Salikenneh village is a remote community located about 6 kilometers off Jarumeh Koto along the North Bank Road. The community is made up of 400 people primarily from […]

Handwashing and Hygiene Program – Togo

This is a sub-program of our Water for Everyone Initiative – Liberia, Togo and The Gambia COVID-19 is spreading in Togo.  The conditions are ripe for an outbreak, with close social contact, little knowledge and understanding about health and hygiene, and no consistent handwashing protocol. Our Water for Everyone Program is designed to bring access to […]

Conclusion of Mballo Ibra Village Water Project – The Gambia

This project has been completed under the direction of Emily Lundberg, Ph.D., Water Charity Country Director – The Gambia, working with Mike McConnell, Managing Trustee of GambiaRising, and Ebrima Marong, Water Charity Program Manager. To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to drill a borehole, install a German Mark II […]

Jamaly Lower Basic School Pump Project – The Gambia

Location Jamaly Ganyado, Central River Region, Sami District, The Gambia Community Description Jamaly Lower Basic School is home to students from seven villages in the Central River Region of Gambia. One hundred and eighty students from Kindergarten to grade 6 attend the school. The school is located in the central village of Jamaly Ganyado, limiting […]

Kotovsk Lyceum Bathroom Project – Ukraine

Location Kotovsk, Odeska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Kotovsk is a town of 40,000 people in the Odeska Oblast in southwest Ukraine. Kotovsk also serves as a Rayon Center for 61 villages and 28,000 people. Once a flourishing city of factories and a large military unit, after the fall of the Soviet Union, Kotovsk and its […]

Conclusion of Kotovsk Lyceum Bathroom Project – Ukraine

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Diana Duarte. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to create two bathroom stalls and hand washing stations inside the Lyceum. Diana reports: This project was to convert an existing custodian utilities room into two bathroom stalls and […]

Conclusion of Jamaly Lower Basic School Pump Project – The Gambia

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Stephanie Starch. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to repair the pump at Jamaly Lower Basic School. Stephanie reports: I am happy to report that the hand pump at Jamally Lower Basic has been fixed! We were […]

Conclusion of Timbindallah Well Project – Senegal

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Ruth Nervig. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a well at the women’s garden in Timbindallah Ruth reports: We finally finished the well for the Thimbindallah’s women’s garden. The garden has taken a longer time […]

Timbindallah Well Project – Senegal

Location Timbindallah, Department of Velingara, Senegal Community Description Timbindallah is a farming community of around 900 people, composed of Pulaar and Soninke ethnic groups. The Pulaars are known for keeping cows, and they do not disappoint this stereotype in this community. Corn, millet, sorghum, and peanuts are abundantly harvested, yet those harvests are eaten up […]