Location Datcha is located in the region Plateau in Togo. Its prefecture is Ogou, 2 kilometers south of the regional capitol Atakpamé, along the national highway. Community Description Datcha is an agricultural community, with most families living off of what they grow. Only about 1 in 15 families has latrines. According to local health officials […]
Location Sergelen soum, province of Dornod, easternmost province of Mongolia. Community Description Sergelen soum (village) is located 70 kilometers Northwest of the aimag center (province’s capital city) Choibalsan. It is a very small soum compared to others in Mongolia. The population is in constant flux, as are all settlements of Mongolia. Until 2007, Sergelen soum […]
Location Misuku, Chitipa, Malawi, Africa Community Description Misuku is a remote village in the northernmost region of Malawi, very close to the border of Tanzania. The villagers do not have a reliable water source. Often water is collected from natural springs running off the mountains. Project Description The project is to build three protected springs […]
Location Ait-Zelton is located approximately 65 km from the city of Essaouira, Morocco. Community Description Ait-Zelton has a population of about 5000. However, the community is spread out across 20 kilometers and is divided up between 33 ‘douars’ (individual clusters of houses). The main languages spoken are Tashlheet and Moroccan Arabic. Major health issues include […]
Located in central East Africa, Tanzania is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south, and the Indian Ocean on the East. This is to reconstruct an existing water catchment tank that supplies water to […]
Senegal is located in western Africa, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south. It also surrounds The Gambia, except for the latter’s western border on the Atlantic Ocean. This project is to construct a new well in a primary […]
To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. This project was successfully completed under the direction of Dave Bowker, PCV, on August 28, 2009. We pre-fund these critical projects, so that they can be started at once and completed quickly to serve the needs of the community. Your donations are still needed to […]
Location Mali Community Description There is a need for latrines at the high school and middle schools of this community. Currently, students defecate in nearby bushes and teachers leave the school grounds to use their home latrines. The community has undertaken a 5-year effort to improve the school facilities. Almost all funds for this phase […]
To read about the beginning of this project, Click HERE. Donations are still being accepted to pay for this project. This project was successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Judy Summers, who is pictured in the last photo of the project page. The pump was promptly installed. Judy reports: “Running water has […]
Location Mali Community Description This town in Mali is supplied with water via a communal tap system. The system, however, fails from time to time, frequently in the hot dry season. The community is forced to draw water from communal wells distributed outside the town. The water is often dirty and in short supply. Project […]