This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jeremy Mak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to rehabilitate two Mark II handpumps in the Niamina Dankunku Area. Jeremy reports: I’m writing to let you know that we successfully concluded the Niamina Dankunku Area Pump […]
Location Dankunku District, Central River Region-South, The Gambia Community Description Dankunku, a predominantly ethnic Mandinka village, is the center of Niamina Dankunku District, and is located 10 km off the Trans-Gambia South Bank Highway in the Central River Region, The Gambia. The population is comprised of roughly 2,000 residents coming from 140 or so compounds. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jeremy Mak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to rehabilitate 4 Mark II hand pumps in the Niamina Dankunku area. Jeremy had his Peace Corps service interrupted, but was able to pass the project on to […]
Location Dankunku, Fula Kunda, and Brikama Lefaya – all located in Niamina Dankunku District, Central River Region-South, The Gambia Community Description Dankunku, a predominantly ethnic Mandinka village, is the center of Niamina Dankunku District, and located 10 km off the Trans-Gambia South Bank Highway in the Central River Region, The Gambia. The population is comprised […]
Location Boyarka, Cherkasska, Ukraine Community Description Boyarka is a small village about 200 km south of Kiev. It is in Cherkasska Oblast but about 5 km from the border of Kievska Oblast. (Oblasts are, for all intents and purposes, states.) Boyarka currently has about 600 people. It used to be larger, but since the Soviet […]