Location Joal-Fadiouth, Department of Mbour, Thies Region, Senegal, West Africa Community Description Joal-Fadiouth is primarily made up of two ethnic groups; Wolof and Serere. The city as a whole prides itself on its religious diversity and tolerance. Joal is on the mainland, with mangroves on one side and the Atlantic on the other. Fadiouth is […]
Location Battambang City, Sangker District, Battambang Province, Cambodia Community Description Battambang City is in the provincial capital of Battambang, located 291 kilometers north of Phnom Penh. Situated in the northwest region of Cambodia, Battambang has the main highway (National Road 5) linking Phnom Penh and Thailand. It is the second largest city in Cambodia, and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Suzette Brathwaite. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide the Leova Jail with running water in the kitchen, repair the shower, and provide proper toilet facilities. Suzette reports: After we completed the plumbing and piping […]
Location Kerr Jarga Jobe, Jokadu District, North Bank Region, The Gambia Community Description Kerr Jarga Jobe is a medium-sized Wolof community of about seventy compounds and about 2,500 villagers. The majority of the villagers are subsistence farmers raising coos, groundnuts and maize and rearing animals, such as cattle, sheep, goats, and chickens. The community has […]
Location Medina Njama, Jokadou District, North Bank Region, The Gambia Community Description Medina Njama is a small community of 20 family compounds totaling around 450 people, in the Jokadou district of the North Bank Region, The Gambia. The village is a multi-ethnic community consisting primarily of Wolofs, but there are a few Fula compounds as […]
Location Sare Sawadi, Fulladu West, Central River Region – South Bank, The Gambia Community Description The village of Sare Sawadi is a small Fula community of 175 people located twelve kilometers from the town of Bansang. The villagers farm groundnuts, coos, rice and cassava. Water sources in the village include one hand pump and one […]
Following on her successful Wat Potaram Pre-School Bathroom Renovation Project – Thailand, Peace Corps Volunteer Heather Chadwick is implementing a larger project at the same school. Baan Nong Hai Village is a small, agricultural community located in Maha Sarakham Province in the Northeastern region of Thailand. Wat Potaram Pre-School is one of two pre-school centers […]
Water Charity Project Huabalito and La Botella are small farming annexes of Sausal, the village where Peace Corps Volunteer Matthew Fuller lives and works, and where 22 and 25 families live respectively. Each community is entirely dependent on export and subsistent farming as an economic activity, including the production of grapes and sugar for export. […]
Location Faraba, Saraya district, Kedougou region, Senegal Community Description Faraba is a Malinke village with a population of approximately 250 people. The main economic activity in this village is agriculture, with staple crops such as peanuts, rice, and millet being grown mostly for consumption, and cotton being grown for sale. Vegetables grown in personal gardens […]
Location Cabuya Arriba de Anton, Cocle, Panama Community Description Cabuya Arriba is a small mountain town in the district of Anton, province of Cocle. Most of the 700 community members are farmers. The water source for Cabuya Arriba is a mountain stream at an altitude of 850 meters. The community has a gravity feed system […]