This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Ferreñafe Zoo – Ferreñafe, Lambayeque, Peru Community Description Ferreñafe is a town of roughly 32,000 located twenty-five minutes from Chiclayo, the fourth largest city in Peru. There is an ongoing reforestation initiative to increase and maintain the […]
This project, designed to build a well and distribution system at the Ferreñafe Zoo park has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Matthew Wildhagen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Matthew reports: Project Scope With limited water access and growing needs, the zoological park needed a permanent water source. […]
Location Igoma village, Njombe District, Tanzania Community Description Igoma is a rural village in the Njombe District. The majority of the 2,200 people are sustenance farmers. The village is in the mountains and the farms are on the hillsides. The nearest town is 28 kilometers away, and transportation is limited to one small van that […]
Location Boguslavka, Borova District, Kharkov Region, Ukraine Community Description Boguslavka is an agrarian community of around 1,500 residents. It is surrounded by farmland where many of its residents engage in raising livestock and crops to both consume and sell. The main employer for the community is the Little Sunshine Kindergarten, where around 175 students attend. […]
Location Faraba, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Faraba is a rural farming community located in the vicinity of Kolda. Association pour la Valorisation du Gombo du Fouladou and Ballal Agrobusiness are collaborating to produce a moringa plantation for foreign and domestic markets. Intensive moringa plantations have been planted, but in order to continue gardening in the […]
LocationAnketrakabe, Diana II, Madagascar Community DescriptionAnketrakabe is a fokontony (village organization) located 47 km from Diego, with about 10 other communes connected. Anketrakabe has the biggest population of about 995 to 1,200 people, including small children and new babies. Founded in 1916, Anketrakabe is known in the region of Diana II for farming corn. The […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Latmingue, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description The project community is a group promoting the farming and production of Moringa in Senegal. The objective of the group is to purchase Moringa from the local farmer; sort, wash and […]
We are pleased to announce the implementation of our new Cambodia Water and Sanitation Program. The first phase of the program is budgeted at $60,000. Funding has already been received from a U.S.-based foundation in the amount of $25,000. The program is being implemented at once, with the intention of raising the remaining funds through […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jennifer Mueller. The project was designed to begin an Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks (ISSB) operation, and then to proceed to build water tanks. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Jennifer reports: The Maragwa Umoja group water project was […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association and falls under our East Africa Water & Sanitation Program. Location Kiritiri, Mbeere South, Embu County, Eastern Province, Kenya Community Description Kiritiri, Kenya is a market community of several thousand located in Eastern Province. Recently, it was made […]