Location Sdao Santepheup High School, Sdao Village, Battambang, Cambodia Community Description The area was one of the fronts of the civil war in the 1990s, and the town has only existed for about 15 years. The town is growing, with recently paved roads and a new bank building. Sdao Santepheup High School is the only […]
Location Misuku, Chitipa, Malawi, Africa Community Description The community is made up mostly of subsistence farmers who draw water from the mountain streams that are currently unprotected. The construction will take place in the remote areas of Misuku in various mountainside villages where there is a need for safe drinking water. Project Description This project […]
Water Charity is participating in a project to provide sanitary bathrooms in a small rural community in Paraguay. The project is being carried out under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Michelle Pfister. This project will provide latrines for 21 families, comprised of 120 adults and children. It is a natural extension of a project […]
Location Sokone, Senegal Community Description Sokone is a small town located in the region of Fatick and the department of Foundiougne, in Senegal, West Africa. Sokone has a population of 16,096; and it is divided primarily amongst Serrers (60%), Wolofs (22%), and Diolas (5%). The town of Sokone has an active women’s group of 30 […]
Location This project will be located at the primary school in the village of Kountanto in south-central Senegal. Kountanto is 4 km from a paved road, 15 km from the nearest town, and 140 km from the regional capitol. Community Description Kountanto is comprised of about 400 peanut farmers of the Pulaar ethnic group. The […]
Location Jom Jang Village, Tumbon See Gaai, Amphur Muang Nong Khai, Nong Khai Province, Thailand Community Description Jom Jang village is located on the banks of the Mekong River, approximately 18 kilometers east of the provincial capital of Nong Khai, Nong Khai Province, Thailand. The majority of the village residents are farmers and fishermen, earning […]
Location Baan Nong Hai, Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand Community Description Baan Nong Hai Village is a small, agricultural community located in Maha Sarakham Province in the Northeastern region of Thailand. The surrounding area is a plain covered with rice fields. Nearly 90% of the people in the community are rice farmers. Because it is so […]
Location Kavunyalalo (Waresa area), Magareni District, Coast Province, Kenya. Kavunyalalo is located 9 km from the newly created district capital of Magareni, Marafa. Community Description Kavunyalalo is a remote rural village of approximately 900 people. As in many parts of Kenya, women in the village must walk long distances to secure water for their families. […]
Location Foulamory Demba, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description This project will impact on four Pulaar villages located within two kilometers of each other: Foulamory Demba, Foulamory Yero, Saere Djiba, and Saere Sawaly. The villages are located about 13 kilometers from Velingara, a small city in the Southern Kolda region of Senegal. The population of […]
Water Charity has started a project to deliver water filters to Haiti at once. Under the direction of Ryan Sinclair, Dr.P.H, filters are being set up in and near Port-au-Prince to dispense safe water immediately. The Center for Public Health Preparedness at Loma Linda University has sent a team to assess the needs and deliver […]