Location Kaniga, Gicumbi, Northern Province, Rwanda Community Description The Kaniga sector, District of Gicumbi, Northern Province, Republic of Rwanda is a rural area, composed mainly of poor agro-pastoralists and subsistence farmers. The Mulindi Health Center is the primary intake facility for the sick in the area, serving a population of almost 17,000. The service area […]
Location Norio, Georgia Community Description Norio is a village of about 4,500 people located 45 minutes to the northeast of Tbilisi. It is an agrarian community where about half of the inhabitants are farmers growing vegetables and tending small herds of livestock. There are five small shops selling food and household items, one butcher, and […]
Location Las Pampas-Olmos, Lambayeque, Peru Community Description Las Pampas in a small rural community settled in the northern district of Olmos in Lambayeque. It currently does not have electricity (it is projected to be installed by the end of the year) and all houses depend on their own wells for water. There is a local […]
Location Nkurenkuru, Kavango, Namibia Community Description Nkurenkuru is a growing but still small rural town, 140 km west of Rundu in the Kavango region, northeastern Namibia. It was recently awarded “town” status by the government, and has roughly 9,000 residents. There are a number of government buildings, a petrol station, 3 small grocery stores and […]
Location Manyagiro, Gicumbi, Rwanda Community Description The Manyagiro Sector, Gicumbi District, is located in the Northern Province of Rwanda. The rural area is mountainous and does not have running water or electricity. Agriculture is the main source of income in the region. The MAFUREBO Primary School is determined to educate the youth that attends through […]
Naranjo is an agricultural community of 60 families located in the highlands of northern Peru. It is situated at over 7,000 feet above sea level in the fertile hills of the northern department of Piura, Peru. The community has a health post, a primary and secondary school, and a recently-renovated gravity-fed water system. However, it […]
Location Gishali Police Health Center, Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda Community Description The community of Gishali is geographically close to Rwamagana Hospital, but tucked in among uneven roads, banana trees, and houses lacking electricity and water. The staff at the health center supports a population of 17,362 and sees an average of 2,785 new cases […]
Location Patar Lia, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Patar Lia is a rural community of 371 people, located about 10 kilometers off the Route National near the small town of Gossas. It is made up mostly of subsistence farmers who spend the rainy season growing peanuts and millet in the fields surrounding the village. Many of […]
Location San Francisco La Unión, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Community Description San Francisco La Unión is a municipality of 7,286 inhabitants located just north of Olintepeque in the department of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands. The community is largely made up of indigenous Guatemalans and K’iche’ is commonly spoken, although nearly everyone also speaks Spanish. The community […]
Location Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand Community Description Nong Gae School serves students from four small villages in rural Northeast Thailand. The area of these villages comprises roughly 165 households, nearly all of which rely on rice farming for their primary income. These villages are connected to the outside world by gravel roads, and their rice-based […]