The families living in Loma Bonita are absolutely delighted that running water is finally coming to every home. Loma Bonita is a place where the poverty is severe. Some of the families live in precarious structures that do not afford much protection from the fog and cold in the winter. They would not have been able to cover the cost of expanding their water system without the […]
The Republic of the Marshall Islands The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) comprises a series of 29 coral atolls and five islands in the Pacific just north of the equator. This tiny republic of some 53,000 inhabitants has major water supply challenges, particularly on the two main islands, Majuro (28,000 people in 970 ha […]
The Lower River Division (LRD) is divided into six districts: Jarra Central, Jarra East, Jarra West, Kiang Central, Kiang East, and Kiang West. This is Phase II of our Kiang Central Handpump Repair Tour. In Kiang Central, as in most of The Gambia’s rural villages, most men farm rice, groundnuts, and millet. Most women garden […]
The Niamina West Well Rehabilitation and Handwashing Tour will fix wells in eight villages. Niamina West is among the 11 districts of the Central River Region of The Gambia. It is bordered with Jarra East District and stretches from the South Bank Trans-Gambia highway up to 22 kilometers north towards the River Gambia. The district consists of mainly Mandinka, Wollof, and Fula tribes […]
Passy Chally Village, Upper Niumi District, North Bank Region, The Gambia. West Africa; GPS Coordinates: N13°29.983 W016°17.443 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT COMMUNITY Passy Chally is a community situated about 4 Kilometers south of Ndungu-Kebbeh via the North Bank Trans-Gambia highway. About 1300 people live in the community, which consists of 51 households. The community is made up […]
This project is made possible with the partnership of Water Charity & The Yurok Nation LocationYurok Nation, Humboldt County, Northwest California, USA Community Description Yurok Indian Reservation is located from the confluence of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in the Village of Weych-pues (Weitchpec) and follows the Klamath into the ocean at the village of Requa (part of the town of Klamath) […]
JARRA WEST, LOWER RIVER REGION Households in Jarra West district are highly vulnerable to food insecurity, which can be attributed to the fact that many of the households in the districts are not strictly agrarian. The main economic activity is trade, especially in the town of Soma, where there are daily and weekly markets (Lumos). […]
Lower River Region’s Jarra Central Handpump Repair Tour Water Charity’s Lower River Region water remediation tour seeks to repair five village handpumps in the Gambia’s Jarra Central District, an important region for inter-territorial trade and movement between The Gambia and Senegal given its location abutting the Trans-Gambia Highway, the main artery connecting the Senegalese province […]
In Kiang East, as in the rest of rural The Gambia, declining per capita food production has been a long-standing problem. This problem is compounded by a projected near-doubling of the country population. The situation is particularly worrisome in rural settlements where farmers have lost 25% of their purchasing power over the years due to […]
Lower River Region’s Kiang Central Hand-Pump Repair & Hand-Washing Tour The Lower River Division (LRD) is divided into six districts: Jarra Central, Jarra East, Jarra West, Kiang Central, Kiang East, and Kiang West. In Kiang West, as in most of The Gambia’s rural villages, most men farm rice, groundnuts, and millet. Most women garden for […]