Location Mbul Waly, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Mbul Waly is a small village in the Djilor area. It has a total of 124 people living in 10 homesteads with 12 households or families. There is no electricity or running water in the village, which is located 4 km away from the nearest paved road. The […]
Location Arkhangai province, Mongolia Community Description The Arkhangai province is located in the central-west region of Mongolia. The population is 89,331. and of this, it is estimated that there are 37,443 children ages 0-18 (42% of the population). The Department for Children will open a summer camp that will operate June 20 – August 21, […]
Location Mdzelanji and Salcale, Ntchisi District, Malawi Community Description Both of these villages are made up of very rural subsistence farming families. Mdzelanji is a village near the secondary school where some of the students’ board and approximately 15 families get their water. Salcale is also a very rural subsistence farming village, and approximately 12 […]
Location Kouthia Ba, Tambacounda, Senegal Community Description Kouthia Ba is a primarily Wolof community of about 1,500 people located in the region of Tambacounda, about 30 kilometers north of the road town of Koumpentoum. In early 2009 Kouthia Ba was established as a Communaute Rural, the community received electricity during the evening hours and within […]
Location Kerr Auldi, The Gambia Community Description Kerr Auldi is a small village of about 300 people. It is located in the Central River Division of The Gambia, 6 km east of Kaur. There are two pumps that are not functioning and in need of repair. The first is at the Lower Basic School. The […]
Location Balori, Saraya, Kédougou, Sénégal Community Description Balori is a small farming community located about 25 kilometers from the district capital of Saraya, in the southeast corner of Sénégal in the region of Kédougou. The community has a population of about 300 people. The people of Balori are subsistence-based farmers and live in an area […]
Location Aldea Setzucl, San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Community Description The hamlet of Setzucl is located 260 kilometers from Guatemala City and 53 kilometers from Coban, the departmental capital. The village, comprised of 64 families, is extremely rural and the main source of income is agricultural production of corn, beans, cardamom and coffee. The […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Judy Summers. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. This project was to replace the mechanism of the pump, and restore it to functionality. 200 people are dependent on this borehole for safe water. The community was skeptical that […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Moira Alexander. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project took place in Ouled D’Abou, a small douar located in the commune of Ouizeght, south of Missour in the Boulemane Province of Morocco. The project was designed to accomplish […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Andrew Gibbons. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project called for a new community aqueduct to be built to bring potable water from a small spring 1 kilometer away to houses of the village of Los Cacaos. The […]