Search Results for: Jeremy Mak

Central River Region Handpump and WASH Improvement Program – Phase 3 – The Gambia

This project is made possible through the collaboration of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Niamina Dankunku, Niamina East, and Niamina West Districts, Central River Region–South, The Gambia Community Description Remote, rural villages are all struggling with clean water access and related health issues due to breaking and broken handpumps. Problem Addressed […]

The Gambia Lifewater Pump Repair Projects (Deprecated)

It started as an ambitious project to repair pumps in villages along the great river in The Gambia, back when Jeremy Mak was a PCV (Peace Corps Volunteer) stationed there. One project followed another, and Jeremy has unceasingly gone back to install, fix, replace and repair wells and handpumps across that nation.  At this point, […]

Niamina Water Filter Project – The Gambia

This project is made possible through the collaboration of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Niamina Dankunku and Niamina West Districts, Central River Region–South, The Gambia Community Description Remote, rural villages along the river that are all struggling with clean water access, and the related health issues. Problem Addressed Many of these rural villages […]

Central River Region Handpump and WASH Improvement Program – Phase 2 – The Gambia

Location 5 villages in Niamina Dankunku and Niamina West Districts, Central River Region-South, The Gambia. The villages are Choya, Madina Wallom, Dankunku Fula Kunda, Sare Gynalko, and Brikama Lefaya. Community Description These 5 villages are smaller ethnic Fula communities that are largely under-served by government and NGO agencies. These poor, pastoral and farming villages enjoy […]

Conclusion of Choya, Si Kunda, and Kalikajara Pump Project – The Gambia

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jeremy Mak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was designed to secure access to clean water for Choya, Si Kunda, and Kalikajara Villages by installing 3 Blue Pumps. Although the beneficiary communities changed over time, the result […]

Conclusion of Sinchu Jaabo and Kaani Kunda Pump Project – The Gambia

This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jeremy Mak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to rehabilitate 7 Mark II Handpumps in 3 districts. Jeremy reports: I’m writing to let you know that I have concluded the Sinchu Njabo and Kaani Kunda […]

Sinchu Jaabo and Kaani Kunda Pump Project – The Gambia

Location Sinchu Jaabo and Kaani Kunda (hamlet), Badibu, CRR-North, Gambia Touba Murit and Naani Kunda, Dankunku, CRR-South, Gambia Choya, Niamina West, CRR-South, Gambia Community Description These five communities are composed of poor subsistence coos and peanut farmers. As a transit point from the North to the South Bank of the Gambia River, Kaani Kunda also […]