National Peace Corps Association

Sambande Family Latrine Project – Senegal

Location Sambande, Kaolack Region, Senegal Community Description Sambande is a small Seereer village of 500 people located 20 kilometers south of the city of Kaolack and several kilometers from the nearest paved road. There is no electricity and the main source of income for the village is peanut and millet farming. The village recently underwent […]

Dankunku, Fula Kunda, and Brikama Lefaya Pump Project – The Gambia

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 […]

Conclusion of Mbowen Women’s Garden Water Project – Senegal

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Kimberly Hall. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a functional water storage facility to use for the irrigation of the women’s garden. Kimberly reports: The Mbowen club officers and I started with a meeting […]

Amboromana Well Project – Madagascar

Under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Felicia Tobias, this project is to build 4 wells in the Amboromana district of Vohemar, Madagascar. There are currently 360 families living in the area, with a population of 1,836 people. There is only one public tap serving all the families and it often runs dry. People have […]

Sarre Fuuta Latrine Project – Senegal

Location Sarre Fuuta, Village of Coumba Diouma, Department of Vélingara, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description Sarre Fuuta is a section of the small, rural, subsistence farming village of Coumba Diouma located about 15 km east of the town of Vélingara in the region of Kolda, Senegal. The village is located about 2 km off […]

Fetekou Windmill Water Pump Project – Benin

Location Fetekou, Kerou Commune, Atacora Region, Benin Community Description Fetekou is a small community in the northwest of Benin, comprised mostly of farmers and local merchants. With less than 2,000 inhabitants, it provides vegetables for the entire commune of Kerou, as well as two other communes in the surrounding area. 70% of the population is […]

Boustane Diop Latrine Project – Senegal

Location Boustane Diop, Patar Lia, Gossas, Ouadior, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Boustane Diop, one of three rural villages in the Boustane village cluster, is located in the rural community of Patar Lia, district of Gossas, arrondissment of Ouadior, region of Fatick, Senegal. Boustane Diop has a population of about 100 people, primarily children between the […]

Caisan Centro Primary School Water Project – Panama

Location Caisan, Chiriqui, Panama Community Description Caisan Centro is a Latino farming community in the highlands of the province of Chiriqui, Panama. With about 200 houses, Centro is a small outlying suburb of the larger district of Renacimiento, and is often overlooked next to the bigger community when it comes to needed services. A specific […]