Location Aldea El Sitan, Patzicia, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Community Description El Sitan is a small village that is part of the town of Patzicia, with approximately 1,000 inhabitants. The main source of income for the community is agriculture. There is one official school and one preschool. The village is located approximately 3 km away from the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Tameisha Henry. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was toconstruct a shallow well for the community. Tameisha reports: The construction of the shallow well at Nguu – Makasa has been both labor and time intensive, but the […]
Location Village of Goundaga, Community Rural Kandiaye, Department of Velingara, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description Goundaga is a village of about 500 people in southern Senegal. The village lacks access to running water and electricity. The community’s economic base is agriculture, specifically focused on peanuts, cotton, millet, and rice. The village has a health […]
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 […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Devin Johnson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build new pit latrines at the health center. Devin reports: The project took longer than expected to complete. To finish the project it became necessary to appeal […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Patrick Sullivan. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a bathroom at the pre-school. Patrick reports: The pictures show the construction and the final product. (He notes that the bathroom has since been painted.) The […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Mark Gruen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to dig a well and construct a holding tank. Mark reports: All told, the work to dig the well took 6 weeks work, two men a day digging. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Zac Mason. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to rebuild the broken solar pump-to-tap system by replacing the damaged broken pipes and repairing the livestock-watering trough. Zac reports: I, along with the Diaramana Water Committee, have […]
Location Savannah area in Ndivisi Location, Magemo Sub-Location, Webuye Division, Bungoma East District, Western Province, Kenya Community Description The Savannah community consists of approximately six-thousand people across six rural villages (Makhese village, Matoma village, Savannah A village, Savannah B village, and Tete village). It is an agricultural-based community with a very limited infrastructure: it has […]
Location Annex of Kedougou, Region of Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Kedougou is the largest town in the Region of Kedougou, 420 miles southwest of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The community has experienced rapid growth in the past few years, with the discovery of gold 60 miles north of the town creating a migration to […]