Location Badion, Arrondisment of Fafacourou, Department of Medina Yero Foula, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description Badion is a rural village of about 520 people. The population is almost entirely farmers. Corn, millet, okra, cotton and peanuts are the major crops grown. There is a weekly market every Sunday attended by villages as far away […]
This project is to build 20 latrines in the Municipality of (Santa Cruz) Cajolá, Department of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Community Cajolá is a town of 16,000, located in the department (state) of Quetzaltenango. 93% of the people are Maya Mam. The Mam are one of the largest Maya groups of Guatemala, and still speak their own […]
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 […]
This project is to build a rainwater catchment and storage system in Picos Village, Itiúba City, Bahia, Brazil. Itiúba is a town of about 10,000 people in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. Picos Village has over 106 families, comprised of 450 inhabitants. It suffers from a lack of an adequate […]
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 […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Bruce Kelsey. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to enlarge the current water supply pond and fix the hand-pumped well at the school. Bruce reports: Both phases of this project – the repair of the hand […]
Location Chum Kiri district, Kampot province, Cambodia Community Description Chum Kiri was founded in 1993, and is the newest and poorest district in the southern province of Kampot. It was one of the first areas captured by Khmer Rouge forces in the early 1970s and Pol Pot’s followers did not concede defeat in the area […]
Location Balai village, Kpandai District, Northern Region of Ghana, West Africa Community Description Balai is a pastoral village of approximately 2,000-3,000 residents. It is located in the northeast of the Northern Region of Ghana. Balai village is made up Nawuri people from Kpandai District. According to many people, Balai village is the birth place of […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Tobias Joel. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to extend the water system to provide for the irrigation of the community gardens. Tobias reports: The actual work consisted of digging a 94-meter trench between the community […]