Location Kinigi Sector, Musanze District, Northern Province, Rwanda Community Description Bisate Health Center is located in Rwanda’s Northern Province, nestled near Volcanoes National Park, which is home to Rwanda’s largest tourist attraction: the mountain gorilla. Despite a growing tourist industry nearby, the Bisate community continues to survive primarily on small-scale and subsistence farming, and suffers […]
Location Gana Balol, Ogo, Matam, Matam, Senegal Community Description Gana Balol is a rural community located in the arrondissement of Ogo, department of Matam, region of Matam, in northwestern Senegal. The village consists of 727 villagers, 64 families, and 43 compounds. Currently, only 14 of these compounds have working latrines. As a result, the remaining […]
Location Niamina East District, Central River Region, The Gambia Community Description This community is primarily a Fula village. This is one of the three main tribes in the Gambia. They speak the language Pulaar and are primarily rice, millet, and peanut farmers. The community consists of 30 compounds with approximately 450 residents. The Sinchu Gundo […]
Location Sofievka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Sofievka is a district center located in between two big cities (Kryvyy Rih to the southwest and Dnipropetrovsk to the northeast) in Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. Sofievka is a town of about 10,000, although more people work and do business there, as it is the district center. It […]
Location Baan Kong Dtak Nam, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand Community Description Baan Kong Dtak Nam is a rural village with a population of about 700 people. The majority of the residents are rice farmers. Due to the lack of rainfall in the area villagers are only able to harvest a single crop per year. Many of […]
Location Diambo Diawbe, Saint-Louis Region, Senegal Community Description Diambo Diawbe is a community of approximately 1,000 people in northern Senegal, a few kilometers from the Mauritania border. The village lacks running water and electricity. However, it is located next to a paved road which facilitates transport to local markets and nearby towns. The primary vocation […]
Location Sambande, Kaolack, Senega Community Description Sambande is a small Seereer village of 500 people located 20 kilometers south of Kaolack and several kilometers from the nearest paved road. There is no electricity and the main source of income for the village is peanut and millet farming. The village currently has three robinets that provide […]
Location Ban Nasan, Surat Thani, Thailand Community Description The community is located in Ban Nasan District, Surat Thani Province in Southern Thailand. The community is made up of 7 villages with a total population exceeding 5,000 people. The area is rural and the economy is largely agricultural. Specifically, rubber tree farming is the highest income-generating […]
Location Uyanga Soum, Ovorkhangai Aimag, Mongolia Community Description Uyanga Soum is large Mongolian community of over 10,000 people and a student population of 1,300 pupils. The entire community lives in either a wooden or Mongolian ger (yurt). There is 24-hour electricity (with the occasional power loss) and cell phone service available throughout the residential area, […]
Location Bila Krynytsia, Rivnenska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The Village of Bila Krynytsia is located in northwestern Ukraine in Rivnenska Oblast, about 15 kilometers east of Rivne, the oblast center. The village is home to approximately 3,000 people, five small shops, a post office, an administration building, a school, a church, and a Cultural Building. […]