Location Karang Soce, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Karang Soce is a small sub-village located approximately 2 kilometers west of Karang proper, in the region of Fatick, on the northern border of The Gambia. It has a population of 622. The local community speaks Wolof, but they are primarily known to speak Mandinka and Seerere. The […]
Location Rungwe District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania Community Description The Ilima Secondary School is located on a steep ridge of the Poroto Mountains. Surrounding the school are plots of cassava and maize maintained by local subsistence farmers. Many of the 550 students of the school are orphans and most have a difficult time just paying the […]
Location Kerr Ardo, Lower Baddibou, North Bank Region, The Gambia Community Description Kerr Ardo is a rural village located in the northern part of The Gambia, near the Senegal border. Culturally, it is composed of two tribes, the Wolof and the Fulla. It is the home of about 1,800 people, whose livelihood depends on farming […]
Location Lomsak, Khukhan, Sisaket, Thailand Community Description Ban Nongkad is a rural community in the northeast area of Thailand. Most families in the village of 316 families are farmers who grow rice. The Ban Nongkad Elementary School is important to the village for the education of local students and also for all school and most […]
This is a follow-up to the great project completed last year in partnership with Safe Passage, a Guatemala-based NGO. To read about that project, CLICK HERE. The population to be served is a portion of the 3,000 people who live and work in Central America’s largest landfill, the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. These people spend […]
In 1998 a solar pump-powered tap system was built by an NGO in the town of Sanadougou to provide the town with potable drinking water. However, the delivery system has broken down over time, due to a lack of maintenance and repair, and now needs to be rebuilt to be effective. The system consists of […]
Location Darsilami Mandinka, Sandu District, Upper River Region, The Gambia Community Description The village of Darsilami Mandinka is a steadily-growing community located in the Upper River Region of The Gambia. The village is mostly made up of farmers who grow a variety of crops, fruits, and vegetables to support their families. In the past five […]
Location Bane, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description Bane is a small village located 20 kilometers west of Kaolack, Senegal near the bank of the Saloum River. The population is about one hundred fifty people during the dry season, but grows to three hundred in the rainy season for farming and harvest. Bane’s people make their living […]
Location Cacahuatalejo, San Francisco Gotera, Morazán, El Salvador Community Description The community of Cacahuatalejo, located in a low valley in the southern portion of the department of Morazan, is extremely hot, dusty and dry. There are 180 houses and 875 residents according to a recent census taken by the local Health Promoter. The primary school […]
About 80% of the population in Swaziland relies on subsistence farming for their survival. As a result, water availability is a huge issue for the country. It is a problem that is especially pronounced in the rural areas where there is an increased dependence on farming. A shortage of water means that a family cannot […]