This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Matthew Houser. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a well in Payuka. Matthew reports: The community identified the need for a local potable water resource back in November 2012. As a community, we formed […]
Location Santa Rosa de Cucunati, District of Chepigana, Province of Darien, Panama Community Description Santa Rosa de Cucunati is an Embera indigenous community outside the comarca located in the Darien province of Panama. The population has 129 men, women and children, and there are 25 houses. There is a school located in Santa Rosa that […]
Location 5 villages in Niamina Dankunku and Niamina West Districts, Central River Region-South, The Gambia. The villages are Choya, Madina Wallom, Dankunku Fula Kunda, Sare Gynalko, and Brikama Lefaya. Community Description These 5 villages are smaller ethnic Fula communities that are largely under-served by government and NGO agencies. These poor, pastoral and farming villages enjoy […]
Location Keur Daouda Cisse, Thies region, Senegal Community Description Keur Daouda Cisse is a small village about 6 miles outside of Thies. 300+ villagers share about 20 compounds in a sandy, land-locked village with no electricity. Some compounds have access to a water spigot that connects to a water tower in Tawa Fall. However, most […]
Location Payuka, Oti Prefecture, Savanes Region, Togo Community Description Payuka is a small village situated in Togo’s northernmost region, 10 km northeast of the regional capital of Mango. The climate is characterized by a short rainy season and an extended dry season, lasting from November until May. There are approximately 475 people who live in […]
Location Village of Bouadia, Beni Mellal Province, Tadla-Azilal Region, Morocco Community Description Bouadia is a small village located several kilometers from the foothills of the Middle Atlas Mountains in central Morocco. The residents speak the Imazighn dialect. Comprised of less than 150 families, for a total population of approximately 700, Bouadia is a farming community […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Rosângela Araújo, Vice President of Instituto Diamante Verde (IDV). To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to construct two ferro-cement water tanks for rainwater collection, each with 30,000 liter capacity. Rosângela reports: The project was to build 2 tanks and […]
This project is to build a rainwater catchment and storage system in Picos Village, Itiúba City, Bahia, Brazil. Itiúba is a town of about 10,000 people in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Picos Village has over 106 families, comprised of 450 inhabitants. It suffers from a lack of an adequate […]
This project has been completed under the direction Rosângela Araújo, of Instituto Diamante Verde (IDV). To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a rainwater catchment and storage system in Ponta Baixa Village, Itiúba City, Bahia, Brazil. Rosângela reports: In December 2012, the Instituto Diamante Verde´s project “Água […]
This project is to build a rainwater catchment and storage system in Ponta Baixa Village, Itiúba City, Bahia, Brazil. Itiúba is a town of about 10,000 people in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Ponta Baixa has 120 families, comprised of 630 inhabitants. It suffers from a lack of an adequate […]