Location Affe Tidiane, in the Kaffrine region of Senegal Community Description Affe Tidiane is a village of 300 people, located 7 km north of Kaffrine, 60 km from Kaolack, and about 300 km from the capital, Dakar. Most residents are from the Wolof ethnic group, but a few are Pulaar. There are 22 family compounds, […]
Location Antsakoana, Amparafaravola District, Madagascar Community Description Antsakoana is a small town north of the town Amparafaravola located in the Eastern part of Madagascar. Antsakoana is one of 20 communes in District Amparafaravola. Rice fields make up most of the land in this region where there are 120,000 hectares of rice fields, with 15 hectares […]
Location Salamata, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description Salamata is a mid-sized village in the Kolda region of Senegal. The village has a population of approximately 900 residents spread out among 54 family compounds, the majority of whom are Pulaar. Most families rely on subsistence farming of millet, corn, sorghum, peanuts and beans. Many women […]
Location Medina Afia, Department of Velingara, Region of Kolda, Senegal, West Africa Community Description The community of Medina Afia is located beside a banana and mango plantation. Most of the men in the community are employed by the farm. The village is home to approximately 1,300 people. The community has an established Case de Sante, […]
With the implementation of our 5th water tank project in Uganda (our 13th project overall in Uganda), we introduce our latest large-scale Water Charity program. Water Tank Program – Uganda will be a concentrated effort to raise funds for and implement an ongoing series of water storage tanks in the country. The need for water […]
Location Kolky, Manevychi Region, Volyn’ska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Kolky is a village of about 4,000 people in the most Northwestern Oblast of Ukraine. Once an independent republic, Kolky is a welcoming community with some of the best and brightest people in Ukraine. Kolky School-Lyceum is an almost 50-year-old institution, and one of the top […]
Location Ban Wang Kree, Namaipai Sub-district, Thung Song District, Nakhonsithammarat Province, Thailand Community Description Namaipai is sub-district of 14 villages, with three primary education schools. One of these schools is located in Ban Wang Kree, which is a small village of 393 people in the southeast part of the sub-district. Community members are mostly rubber […]
Location Ethiolo, Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Ethiolo is a village in southeast Senegal, near the border with Guinea, about 90 km from Kedougou. This school year, Ethiolo inaugurated a new middle school. However, it lacks latrines or bathrooms. This poses a problem for the students who need to go to the bathroom while school is […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Garrison Harward and C.J. Pederson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Garrison reports: This install had the same slight problem as #19 with our experimental turn block system but aside from that everything went very smoothly. We made the […]
Location Village Dimi, Baghdatis Raioni, Imereti Region, Georgia Community Description Dimi is a small village in the Imereti region of Georgia, in the western part of the country. Dimi is located about 30 minutes south of the regional capital and second-largest city in Georgia, Kutaisi. The village has two schools and a population of approximately […]