SLOW LIFE Foundation

Ruramba School Latrine Project – Rwanda

Location Ruramba Sector, Nyaruguru District, Southern Province, Rwanda Community Description Ruramba is located in Nyaruguru district situated in the Southern province of Rwanda. The majority of the population in Ruramba farm, has many substances. Ruramba is identified with its countless tea plantations and a large number of primary schools within its sector. Groupe Scolaire Ruramba […]

Saré Sara Well Improvement Project Phase 2 – Senegal

Location Saré Sara and Ndorna, Bagadaji, Dabo, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Saré Sara is a small Pular village along the road in the southern Senegalese region of Kolda, about twenty kilometers outside of Kolda, the regional capital. Spread across its sixty-one compounds is a population of approximately 450 people. Of that, 22% are adult men, […]

Rusoro Health Center Water Project – Rwanda

Location Kabatezi cell, Muzo Sector, Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda Community Description Rusoro Health Center is a small health center in the rural Northern Province of Rwanda in the District of Gakenke. Thirty-five villages use the health center as their primary source of health care, making a catchment population of 21,919 people. Of the 19 […]

Marneuli Youth Center Water Project – Georgia

Location City Marneuli, Kvemo Kartli, Republic of Georgia Community Description Marneuli is a town of about 20,000, 30 km from Tbilisi (about an hour by public transportation). The town is about 80% Azerbaijani, 15% Georgian, and 5% Armenian, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, and other. As a result, Marneuli is considered a minority town and there have […]

Velyka Lepetykha Secondary School #1 Water Filter Project – Ukraine

Location Velyka Lepetykha, Velyka Lepetykha Region, Khersonska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Velyka Lepetykha is a rural community of 7,000 inhabitants located in the Khersonska Oblast in the south of Ukraine. Khersonska is an agricultural oblast in which money and outside resources are scarce. Water in Velyka Lepetykha is filled with contaminants, including nitrates and excess […]

Gasanane Primary School Rainwater Catchment Project – Rwanda

Location Banda Village, Rangiro Sector, Nyamasheke District, Western Province, Rwanda Community Description Banda Village is a small and remote village on the periphery of Nyungwe Forest National Park in the southwest of Rwanda. The village is situated in one of the most populated areas in Rwanda, with a population density of approximately 500 people per […]

Sakagne Latrine Project – Senegal

Location Sakagne Wolof, Communité Rural of Ndiago, Département of Guinguineo, Kaolack Region, Senegal Community Description Sakagne Wolof is a small village in the Département of Guinguineo. It has a total of 75 people with about 15 compounds families. The name of the village chief is Pape Ndieye. They have no electricity and are 6 km […]

Antsikory Well Project – Madagascar

The rural village of Antsikory is located in the commune of Antsirabe Nord, about a two hours walk from town, or an hour walk from the main road. The village is comprised of roughly 2,200 people, about 600 of them children under 5. There is a local primary public school and a local Antsikory Women’s […]

Las Mercedes Water System Project – El Salvador

Location Las Mercedes, Tacuba, Ahuachapán, El Salvador Community Description Las Mercedes is a rural village on the northern border of Parque Nacional El Imposible in western El Salvador in the department of Ahuachapán. Nearly 500 people live in the community which is remotely located on a mountain range that borders the 3,800-hectare nature preserve. Despite […]

Akhalsopeli #2 Public School Water Project – Georgia

Location Village Akhalsopeli, Kvareli District, Kakheti Region, Georgia Community Description Akhalsopeli is a village of 2,800 families in the Kakheti Region of western Georgia, the newly reestablished republic in Eurasia. Most villagers’ income is from agriculture, with many beekeepers compared to surrounding area villages. There is one private wine factory in the village as well […]