Clean Water For Rural Malawi! This Malawi Program is a component of the East Africa Water and Sanitation Program, and is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Malawi has suffered through a terrible and unprecedented drought that has made life very hard for the people there. Many rural villages were forced to trek long distances […]
Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) have begun a new program to replicate the ongoing success of our East Africa Water & Sanitation Program in Western Africa. It involves the implementation of dozens of water, sanitation, public health, and environmental projects in a number of West African nations. The initial countries included […]
Location Usuk, Katakwi District, Uganda Community Description Usuk Secondary School is a government-run school located in rural northeast Uganda. Water is generally obtained from boreholes. There is currently no electricity in the area. The school has approximately 700 mixed boarding and day students in 6 different grades. Science classes are mandatory for the first 4 […]
Location Diadkovychi Village, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Diadkovychi is a very rural village with farms and forests. The people are rather poor and the community at a whole is at a disadvantage. The Diadkovychi School serves children from first grade until the eleventh and serves kids from two other surrounding villages. The parents of […]
Location Sambwene Village, Mpinji Ward, Same District, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania Community Description Sambwene is a small farming village in the Pare Mountains which is mainly dependent on growing ginger, maize and coffee. The population is two-thirds female and half are students and children. The villagers are a hard-working group of people devoted to the progression […]
LocationBasani, Ka-Bungeni Village, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa Community DescriptionKa-Bungeni is a large village in the northernmost part of Limpopo Province, South Africa, near the border to Zimbabwe. It is situated in a hilly area on the tail end of the Soutpansberg Mountains. The dominant language is Xitsonga. Bungeni is split into many smaller […]
Location Makindu, Makindu District, Makuani County, Eastern Province, Kenya Community Description Makindu is a small town situated along the major Nairobi-Mombasa highway. Makindu is mainly occupied by the Akamba community, which forms approximately 94% of the total population. The town lies within the arid and semi-arid zones of the country and receives very little rain. […]
With the implementation of our 5th water tank project in Uganda (our 13th project overall in Uganda), we introduce our latest large-scale Water Charity program. Water Tank Program – Uganda will be a concentrated effort to raise funds for and implement an ongoing series of water storage tanks in the country. The need for water […]
Location Thilogne, Department of Thilogne, Matam region, Senegal Community Description Thilogne is a rapidly growing town with a population of approximately 15,000. It is predominately Muslim, with a 95% Pulaar-speaking population that has a business and work focus on fishing, farming and herding. Because of its location on one of the main roads, goods and […]
Location Caserío Papalón, Cantón Cacahuatalejo, Municipality of San Francisco Gotera, Department of Morazán, El Salvador Community Description The village of Cacahuatalejo (“cacahuate” meaning “peanut” and “Alejo” being the name of the community’s patron saint) is located in the southern part of Morazán in eastern El Salvador. Home to 875 residents, Cacahuatalejo lies nestled in a […]