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Conclusion of Fultang Health Center and School Water Project – Cameroon

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Shaun Willis. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Shaun Reports: All materials for the project were successfully assimilated to complete the project and provide easier access to clean water for the local community members and school children. Thanks to Water Charity we complete a pipeline from a protected spring catchment in order to give approximately 500 school children access to […]

Central River Region Handpump and WASH Improvement Program – Phase 3 – The Gambia

This project is made possible through the collaboration of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Niamina Dankunku, Niamina East, and Niamina West Districts, Central River Region–South, The Gambia Community Description Remote, rural villages are all struggling with clean water access and related health issues due to breaking and broken handpumps. Problem Addressed […]

Conclusion of Northern Senegal WASH Tour – Senegal

This project has been completed. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE.   From April 20–30, PCVs David Lederer, Kyle Shrivastava, and Melissa Hallisey traveled to five different volunteer sites in the North of Senegal to host day-long Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) trainings. Targeting women’s groups and community health workers, the trainings […]

Progreso Water System Project – Mexico

This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY, SEXTO SOL, and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Progreso, Ejido Carizal, Municipio de Motozintla, Chiapas, Mexico Community Description A settlement of very modest homes in mountainous terrain SW of the city of Motozintla.  Poverty is the norm, and the conditions are somewhat rough for […]

Likoswe Well Project – Malawi

This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION.  Location and Community Description  Likoswe Village, Chiradzulu District, Malawi. Likoswe is a typical rural Malawian village without running water or electricity, located about a twenty-minute walk from a rural stretch of paved road, connecting Blantyre and Mulanje. Problem […]

Conclusion of Birkelane Centre de Sante Latrine Project – Senegal

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer  Taiwo Adesina. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Taiwo Reports: Project Report The hospital latrine began construction on April 17th and ended on April 29th, 2015. The latrine was constructed towards the back of the hospital compound where the one existing latrine is located. The PCV, counterpart and work partners including the President of Community Health were responsible in purchasing […]

Conclusion of Touba Couta School Latrine Project – Senegal

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Emily Johnson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Emily Reports: Just wanted to let you know that the project has already been completed in my village. The final latrine is just a simple direct pit latrine 3m x 1.5m x […]

The Gambia Lifewater Pump Repair Projects (Deprecated)

It started as an ambitious project to repair pumps in villages along the great river in The Gambia, back when Jeremy Mak was a PCV (Peace Corps Volunteer) stationed there. One project followed another, and Jeremy has unceasingly gone back to install, fix, replace and repair wells and handpumps across that nation.  At this point, […]

Conclusion of Ouled Naser Bathroom Project – Morocco

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Alexandria Brown. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Alexandria Reports: At long last, we have finished the bathrooms at the community center!  And none too soon, because I am COS-ing at the end of the week.  This project was a labor […]

Conclusion of Mah Di's Orphanage Well, Pump, and Tank Project – Cameroon

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Layne Anderson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a system comprised of a well, pump, and storage tank to provide the children with convenient daily access to clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and […]