Location Chhouk district, Kampot province, Cambodia Community Description Chhouk district is the second-largest district in the southern province of Kampot. Chhouk was one of the strongholds during the Khmer Rouge regime and was one of the last areas to be liberated from Khmer Rouge control when the Cambodian Civil War ended in 1998. For over […]
Location Mfera Catchment Area, Chickwawa District, Malawi Community Description Mhemela and Mushuli villages are located in the Thabwani section of the Mfera catchment area in Chickwawa. There are 21,851 people living in the area in 53 registered villages according to the most recent National Statistics Office report. The villages are approximately 5 km apart, but […]
Location Koboye, Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Koboye is a small village of 400 individuals. It is situated on top of a small mountain that borders Guinea. Villagers speak Pulla Fuuta, a dialect of Pulaar. The two wells in the community have become unreliable. The first well is now not deep enough to get water at […]
Location Kouli Kunda, Kiang West District, Lower River Region, The Gambia Community Description Kouli Kunda is a small village made up of approximately 40 compounds and 600 people. It is located in the Kiang West district of the Lower River Region, about 15 kilometers west of the main paved highway. The village has little to […]
Location Hidet Village, Hanang District, Manyara Region, Tanzania Community Description Mary Nagu School was built at the hands of the community members of Hidet ward in 2006 to serve the youth of Basotughang and Hidet villages. Prior to the building of the school, the local youth had to travel between 8 k and 12 k […]
Location Kondokho, Saraya District, Departement of Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Kondokho is a large Malinke village in the department of Kedougou in Senegal. It has a population of about 1,000 people, and is slowly developing infrastructure to accommodate the growing population. It lies along a road that connects three major clusters of villages to the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Charlotte Grant. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to upgrade the well at the primary school to provide water for the use of students and teachers, as well as for irrigation of the school garden. Charlotte […]
Location Sare Saedou, Department of Vellingara, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description Sare Saedou is a rural Pulaar village located 10 km Northeast of Kounkane in the Kolda region. The village has approximately 200 inhabitants who make their living by subsistence farming. There is no electricity or running water. The local primary school is attended […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer James Blaine Byers. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide water to the labor ward and delivery room of the clinic. James reports: The project to extend the water supply to inside the Medina Serigne […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Scott Yurcheshen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to expand the gutter system at the school to provide additional drinking water at the primary school. Scott reports: Tonga is a group of more than 170 islands […]