Location Near Rurrenabaque, Beni, Bolivia Community Description The larger project focuses on remote and marginalized Tacana, Tsimane and Moseten communities in the Rurrenabaque area of the Bolivian Amazon. The communities have no access to running water or electricity and are largely subsistence farmers, fishermen and hunters. Last year, a project was done at the community […]
Location Caserío El Tular, Cantón Apancoyo Arriba, Municipio de Cuisnahuat, Departamento de Sonsonate, El Salvador Community Description Caserío El Tular is located in the municipality of Cuisnahuat, in the southern region of the department of Sonsonate. Cuisnahuat is ranked as the 3rd poorest municipality in El Salvador and has been designated a municipality of ¨extrema […]
Location Jali Village, Kiang West of Lower River Region, The Gambia Community Description Jali is situated right outside the Kiang West National Park and is surrounded by a gorgeous baobob tree forest. Jali village is a dynamic community filled with strong leaders and hard-working women. They are always looking for ways to improve their standard […]
Location Casario Escobol El Volcan, Guatajiagua, Morazan, El Salvador Community Description El Volcan is located 11 km above the pueblo of Guatajiagua in Southern Morazan, El Salvador. The community consists of 160 homes and over 550 people. On the edge of Morazan, El Volcan rests 1100 meters above sea level and provides supreme growing conditions […]
Location Puok District Town, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia Community Description Puok is a small district town, located about 13 km from the famous Angkorian Temple Complex, which includes Angkor Wat. Despite the tourism that the temples bring to the region, Siem Reap Province remains one of the three poorest provinces out of Cambodia’s twenty-four provinces. […]
Location Warsop, Trelawny, Jamaica Community Description Warsop is a small community in the rural area of Trelawny, Jamaica. People in the area mainly subsist by farming for themselves and selling crops at markets in the nearest cities of Christiana and Falmouth. This area of Jamaica is famous for its yam crops, but products such as […]
Location Musanze District, Northern Province, Rwanda Community Description Located in Rwanda’s volcanic Northern Province, Busogo Sector is nestled beneath a seemingly endless series of rolling green hills, striking volcanoes and fields of local crops and livestock. Although Busogo is situated in close proximity to Virunga National Park, which is home to Rwanda’s mountain gorillas and […]
Location 19th Micro-district, Rustavi, Georgia Community Description Georgia is bounded on the west by the Black Sea, on the north by Russia, on the south by Turkey and Armenia, and on the east by Azerbaijan. The independence of Georgia was restored in 1991. The country subsequently went through periods of economic crisis, civil unrest, and […]
Location Salapwuk, Pohnpei, Micronesia Community Description Salapwuk is a small village of about 200 people, located in the mountains of Pohnpei, the largest island in the Federated States of Micronesia. It has a hot and humid tropical climate for most of the year, but a seasonal drought. Salapwuk’s residents are primarily subsistence farmers who grow […]
Location Iztate, Khoukhate, Caid Itzer, Circle Midelt, Province de Khenifra, Morocco Community Description Iztate is one of the small “douars” in the village of Khoukhate, a village that relies almost exclusively on agriculture and sheep herding for its survival. Khoukhate is located in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco in the shadow of the Eastern […]