Location Savannah area in Ndivisi Location, Magemo Sub-Location, Webuye Division, Bungoma East District, Western Province, Kenya Community Description The Savannah community consists of approximately six-thousand people across six rural villages (Makhese village, Matoma village, Savannah A village, Savannah B village, and Tete village). It is an agricultural-based community with a very limited infrastructure: it has […]
Location Annex of Kedougou, Region of Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Kedougou is the largest town in the Region of Kedougou, 420 miles southwest of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The community has experienced rapid growth in the past few years, with the discovery of gold 60 miles north of the town creating a migration to […]
Location Karang Poste, Fatick Region, Senegal, West Africa Community Description Karang Poste, with a population of 12,000, is a quickly growing town in the region of Fatick, approximately 2 kilometers from the border of The Gambia. The major local language spoken is Wolof, but there are strong influences of Mandinka, Pulaar, Sereer, and other dialects […]
Location Volodymyrivka, Mykolaviska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Volodymyrivka is a town of 1,500 people located in the Mykolavi oblast in the south central region of Ukraine. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, it had a thriving population of 5,000 people with five schools and many factories in operation and was the regional center of […]
Location Canton El Coco, Municipio Chalchuapa, Departmento Santa Ana, El Salvador Community Description Area Natural Protegida La Magdalena is a 1,900-acre national forest reserve in western El Salvador consisting primarily of Volcano El Chingo and forming a part of the Salvadoran border with Guatemala. It is home to 119 species of trees, 158 types of […]
Location Thmar Puok District, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia Community Description Thmar Puok is a small district town located In Banteay Meanchey Province in the northwest of Cambodia with a population of 9,147. It is situated 50 kilometers north of the Provincial Capital of Svay and lies only 15 kilometers to the east of the Thailand-Cambodia […]
Location Caserio La Joya, Canton Las Marias, Municipio Nueva Esparta, Departamento La Uniòn, El Salvador Community Description La Joya is a small farming community in Canton Las Marias, in the municipality of Nueva Esparta, at the top of one of the tallest mountains in the northeast part of the country. Nearly all of the people […]
Location Sosnivka, Lvivska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Sosnivka is a rural community of 11,000 inhabitants located in the Lvivska Oblast in western Ukraine. Sosnivka and the surrounding area have been identified as an “ecological disaster” area due to the coal mines, which are still in operation in the town. Details can be read at: http://io.ua/s1086 […]
Location Sofievka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Sofievka is a town of approximately 10,000 in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Located on the vast Ukrainian steppe, Sofievka’s local economy is based mainly on the large industrial farms surrounding it. The groundwater in the area is unsuitable for domestic use, so all running water is currently brought in […]
Water Charity Project Huabalito and La Botella are small farming annexes of Sausal, the village where Peace Corps Volunteer Matthew Fuller lives and works, and where 22 and 25 families live respectively. Each community is entirely dependent on export and subsistent farming as an economic activity, including the production of grapes and sugar for export. […]