$1 to $100

Community Description
Nyankui is a small village located in the Gambian bush consisting of roughly 1027 people. Nearly every person in the village earns an income by farming or selling vegetables at the local market.

Nyankui has a hard-working, incredibly active women's group with 135 members, a Village Development Committee that meets regularly, and an enormous community garden that is worked on by members of the women's group.

Although there are 4 garden wells in Nyuankui, only one is functioning through the dry season.

Project Description
This project is to build a well to provide irrigation for the community garden. The well will be dug by hand to a depth of 10 meters, sufficient to provide water year-round.

Project funds will be used to purchase the materials, including cement, wire, gravel, and sand.

Project Impact
1000 people, consisting of 135 women who participate in the project, their families, and other members of the village, will benefit from the project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Kasey Pendexter

Comments
A garden well provides more than just water to irrigate a community garden. It provides the means to grow crops all year, leading to better health, an economic opportunity, and the empowerment of a group of dedicated women.

Dollar Amount of Project
$469.23

Donations Collected to Date
$420.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$49.23

Community Description
Sarre Habadou is 15 kilometers southeast of Kounkane. It is 6 kilometers away from the closest established road.

The village consists mainly of low-income subsistence farmers. A few villagers make extra money by such trades as repairing bikes and tailoring.

The closest school is located in Coumbadong, 2 km away.

The village has a small health hut, but no resident doctor or nurse. Major health problems for the villagers include malaria, skin infections, and diarrhea.

Currently 330 people live in Sarre Habadou, and they are supplied with water from only four wells.

Project Description
A well will be built close to the health post and will become the closest well for at least three compounds.

The well will be hand dug and the masonry work will be performed by a local well digger and assistant. At a depth of about 20 meters, it will provide a year-round water supply. A rope, pulley, and bucket will be used to draw the water.

Project funds will be used to pay for the labor and transportation of the supplies, and to purchase eight sacks of cement, rope, buckets, and metal support bars.

A community women’s group has supported the project. The community will assume the obligation of maintaining the well upon completion.

Project Impact
This project will provide a clean water source for a community of 330 people.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
This project will be directed by Peace Corps Volunteer Benjamin Bocian.

Comments
This project brings a needed supply of water to a community that struggles from an inadequate infrastructure. It utilizes appropriate technology to create an extremely cost-effective long-term solution.

Dollar Amount of Project
$350.00

Donations Collected to Date
$300.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$50.00

Community Description
La Joya is located in the northeast mountains of El Salvador, in the department of Morazán, about 200 kilometers from the capital of San Salvador. It is 11 kilometers from the town of Perquín and was badly affected by the civil war, which ended in 1992.

The communities in and around La Joya were deserted during the 12-year civil war and have been slow to recover. They are presently lacking in infrastructure, education, and economic activities.

The caserio of La Joya, one of the poorest communities in country, has been largely overlooked because of the small population and its relatively isolated location.

The land is characterized by poor quality soil, which allows for few crops to be grown. There are pine trees, but due to the logging activity, the forests have been left decimated and much of the soil has been eroded.

There are accessible roads to the caserio. However, there is no public transportation in and out of the community, creating a feeling of isolation in many of the residents.

Currently, the village consists of 29 homes, 179 inhabitants. Although there is a potable water system in place for 13 homes, 16 families still retrieve their water directly, unfiltered, from one of the peripheral springs near the community. Water during the rainy season is plentiful. However, during the dry season, many families do without or carry their water over long distances.

Project Description
This project will provide a central point for potable water for presently unserved members of the community. A hub will be located at the school, located in the northern extremity of the southernmost section of the community, and will allow each family to eventually connect a fixed line to their homes. In the interim, there will be a spigot from which community members can draw their water to bring to their homes.

Each household will contribute the manual labor (digging trenches, laying and connecting water lines) and will lay the pipe from the school to a central point equidistant from their homes.

Project Impact
9 families and 40 people will directly benefit by gaining access to clean water.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Jim Hooper and Linsey Hackett

Comments
This project gives immediate relief to families that presently do not have access to safe water. It builds upon an existing system and accomplishes a realistic goal.

There is full community participation, and the project is recognized as an essential extension to a functioning water system.

The successful completion of this segment suggests a follow-up project that will afford the remaining unserved portion of the community needed access.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$400.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$100.00