This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Tim Solfest and Managing Trustee of GambiaRising (and Former Country Director for Peace Corps in The Gambia) Mike McConnell. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. A summary of Mike’s report is as follows: The site of the school had no source […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Location San Miguel Negro, Guadual and Telembi, Parroquia Telembi, Cantón Eloy Alfaro, Esmeraldas, Ecuador Community Description Set on the banks of Río Cayapas, a river in Esmeraldas […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION, in cooperation with GambiaRising. Location Fula Bantang, The Gambia Community Description Fula Bantang is a rural Fula community where most of its members are farmers and cow herders and have little income otherwise. The community has received assistance […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Tamara Brennan, Ph.D., Executive Director of The Sexto Sol Center for Community Action. To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to improve and expand the community water system. Tamara reports: Life has become significantly easier for the 17 families in […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Kazingo and Karangura parishes, Kabarole district, Bukuuku, and Karangura sub-counties, Western Region, Uganda Community Description Kazingo and Karangura are located about 16 km from Fort Portal town, 10 km off Bundibugyo road. Twerwaneho Orphans Community Initiative (TOCI) […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Thiangue, Community Rural Dindefello, Region Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Thiangue is a village located about 7 km from the Guinean border in the southeastern-most region of Senegal, Kedougou. There are roughly 900 people, almost all ethnically Puular, […]
This project has been completed. This was a follow-up to the Kazingo, Kiguma and Karangura Water Project – Uganda completed earlier this year. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. A summary of the report of Tiffany Tai is as follows: Three tanks of the high-quality Gentex brand with a capacity of 5,000 liters each […]
Phase 2 of our Ethiopia Well Rehab Program: Promoting Transformation and Hope among the Most Marginalized in Ethiopia This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Five villages in the Wondo Genet region of Ethiopia are spread across three Kebeles (counties). Kube, Wuchale 1, Lomicha, Wuchale 2, and Abosa. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Tamara Brennan and Francisco Barrios of Sexto Sol. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Tamara reports: For the first time in 11 years, the water is flowing to the homes in Cipresal Cascada. This project has finally put an end to women having to ask for […]
Water for Everyone Initiative: Initial Training of Workers on GIS Applications and Filter Installations – Togo Our Water for Everyone Initiative began a new chapter in Togo this April as new Country Director for Togo, Luke Tarr, and a representative from Sawyer International. Darrel Larson arrived in the capital Lome and conducted an initial training of local workers on […]