Location Joal-Fadiouth, Department of Mbour, Thies Region, Senegal, West Africa Community Description Joal-Fadiouth is primarily made up of two ethnic groups; Wolof and Serere. The city as a whole prides itself on its religious diversity and tolerance. Joal is on the mainland, with mangroves on one side and the Atlantic on the other. Fadiouth is […]
Location Nerkin Khndzoresk, Syunik Marz, Armenia Community Description The village of Nerkin Khndzoresk has approximately 320 people. The quaint border village was founded in 1983 as a result of resizing of the bigger village of Khndzoresk. After the creation of Khndzoresk, Nerkin was established to strengthen the Southeastern borders of Armenia and was strategically placed […]
This project is for the covering of the community spring and the construction of a small catchment box to provide clean water to the people of Parina, Peru. The project is being implemented under the direction of Kristen Gunther, a graduate student at the Loma Linda University School of Public Health, and Suma Marka, a […]
Location Bodoi Community, Mwareni Village, Bore Sublocation, Madina Location, Magareni District, Coast Province, Kenya Community Description People of the Bodoi community, much like the larger Marafa area, are primarily Giriama, one of the nine Mjikenda tribes. Major forms of employment include farming, animal rearing, and small businesses. Magareni District is within a semi-arid climatic zone, […]
Location Battambang City, Sangker District, Battambang Province, Cambodia Community Description Battambang City is in the provincial capital of Battambang, located 291 kilometers north of Phnom Penh. Situated in the northwest region of Cambodia, Battambang has the main highway (National Road 5) linking Phnom Penh and Thailand. It is the second largest city in Cambodia, and […]
Location Usine Coton, Kolda, Senegal Community Description This project will take place in a part of Usine Coton comprised of 38 people living in 4 houses. They share the use of one well. Each day the women use the centrally-located well to obtain water for drinking, cooking, doing laundry, bathing, washing clothes, and watering their […]
Location La Isla de Asia, Cañete, Lima, Perú Community Description La Isla is a rural community on the coast of southern Peru. It is bordered by the ocean to the west and mountains to the east. The community’s name translates to “The Island”—a name perhaps chosen because although La Isla is six miles inland, it […]
Location Kerr Jarga Jobe, Jokadu District, North Bank Region, The Gambia Community Description Kerr Jarga Jobe is a medium-sized Wolof community of about seventy compounds and about 2,500 villagers. The majority of the villagers are subsistence farmers raising coos, groundnuts and maize and rearing animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, and chickens. The community has […]
Location School of Zguriţa, village of Zguriţa, district of Drochia, Republic of Moldova Community Description The village of Zguriţa is located in the north of Moldova close to the Ukranian border in the district of Drochia. The village is situated on the main highway between the towns of Drochia and Soroca. There are currently 1,750 […]
Location Lozuvatka, Shpolyansky Region, Cherkaska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Lozuvatka is a small farming village located in central Ukraine, containing about 1,000 people. It is underdeveloped, and the primary source of income for the villagers is selling animal meat and the products they grow. There is one school and three small shops in the village, […]