Now that the rainy season is winding down and the school year is about to begin, I'm finally able to get started on some real concrete work. First up is a latrine at the school in conjunction with two new well covers, both of which will help reduce disease in the village. Both of these projects are being funded by
Appropriate Projects, an organization that works only with Peace Corps volunteers to fund small scale shovel-ready water and sanitation projects around the world. They rely on donations for each individual project, but they pre-fund everything which means I don't have to sit around waiting for money to come in before I can do my work. I applied last week and the money is being wired to me on the 19th! If you want to know more about the latrine project it's listed on their website
HERE. And the link to the well cover project can be found
HERE.
Your well improvement project will be posted in the next day or so. We'll send the funds for both either Friday or Monday.
ReplyDeleteWe're having a fundraiser on November 2, and Senegal is one area of focus. For Senegal, ANON Foundation has committed $12,500, and Six Senses is matching it!
We do appreciate the donations from individual donors as well, since the more that comes in, the more projects we can fund.
We are volunteers, paying our own expenses, so 100% of donations we receive go directly to projects in the field.
Your projects, and those of the other PCVs in Senegal are terrific!