SLOW LIFE Foundation

School Water Supply Project – Thailand

Location Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand Community Description Nong Gae School serves students from four small villages in rural Northeast Thailand. The area of these villages comprises roughly 165 households, nearly all of which rely on rice farming for their primary income. These villages are connected to the outside world by gravel roads, and their rice-based […]

Gregorio Ferro-Cement Tank and Rainwater Catchment Project – Brazil

This is a project to build a rainwater catchment system and ferro-cement tank in the village of Gregório, municipality of Queimadas, state of Bahia, in Brazil. Gregorio village has 321 families, comprised of 1100 inhabitants. Queimadas has 16,000 residents. The villagers suffer from water shortages and are dependent on water trucks that come to deliver […]

Gouniang Pump Project – Senegal

Location Gouniang, Senegal Community Description Gouniang is a rural community located 250 km northeast of Tambacounda, 15 km southeast of Bakel, and 3 km from the border of Mauritania. It consists of approximately 1000 residents, most of whom are descendants of the Pulaar ethnic group. The village participates in subsistence farming, and does an admirable […]

Kandieng High School Water Project – Cambodia

Location Kandieng District, Pursat Province, Cambodia Community Description Kandieng High School is located in the middle of the village on the riverfront, 12 km away from the provincial capital. The school consists of 5 large buildings, with approximately 1440 students, grades 7-12, and 60 teachers. The school has a good attendance rate throughout the academic […]

Gome Borehole Project – Malawi

Location Gome Village, Ntchisi District, Malawi Community Description Gome Village is a rural community bordering Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve in the central region of Malawi. The community’s main source of income is from the sale of tobacco and soybeans. There are up to 540 people in Gome Village and 5 nearby villages who do not have […]

Provincial Teacher Training Center Water Project – Cambodia

Location Daunkeo District, Takeo Province, Cambodia Community Description Daunkeo Town is the provincial capital of Takeo Province, which is one of the more densely populated provinces in Cambodia. The town is about 2 hours south of Phnom Penh. The town is smaller and more easy-going than some of the bigger provincial towns in Cambodia. It […]

La Estancia School Water Project – Peru

Location La Estancia, Olmos, Lambayeque, Peru Community Description The district of Olmos is located in the department of Lambayeque in Northern Coastal Peru. La Estancia is a small agricultural village nestled in the dry forests of the district of Olmos. The village has a population of approximately 1,200 people. The community is located 35 minutes […]

Koboye Well Project – Senegal

Location Koboye, Senegal Community Description Koboye is a 300-person Pulaar village with three distinct quartiers, located on a mountaintop a few kilometers from the Senegal-Guinea border. There exists a shallow well, about 20 meters deep, toward the eastern side of the central quartier. However, it is dry for about 6 months of the year. Also, […]

Dassa Family Latrine Project – Benin

Dassa-Zoumé is a burgeoning community located at the crossroads of Benin, in the region known as the Collines. Due to its unsurpassed beauty, ideal location, and availability of resources, population rates have been rapidly increasing, leading to overcrowding in poorer neighborhoods. Nearly 3/4 of the 12 neighborhoods in Dassa have a shortage of latrines, while […]

Cyenkwanzi Community Water Project – Rwanda

Location Cyenkwanzi Village, Karama Sector, Nyagatare District, Eastern Province, Rwanda Community Description Although only 20 kilometers from the growing town of Nyagatare in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, the village of Cyenkwanzi lacks almost all of the amenities of town life, including electricity and access to potable water. Leaving the hustle and bustle of town […]