Peace Corps

You've searched:

All Collections
  • All fields: Water and sanitation
(238 results)



Display: 20

    • Waterlogged Land Reclaimed

    • Waterlogged Land Reclaimed

    • Water and sanitation

    • Land at Churkana, near Shekhupura, once destroyed by waterlogging and salinity, now reclaimed by leveling and the sinking of the WAPDA tubewell shown at right. American government agencies and experts are helping West Pakistan fight the creeping...
    • Agency Photos
    • Building a water sanitizing system

    • Building a water sanitizing system

    • Water and sanitation

    • Volunteers worked together with local community members to build some water sanitizing systems. Bricks and a lot of effort was necesary to get it done. Photo taken in a small rural community in the state of Queretaro, Mexico. People in photo:...
    • Staff Photos
    • Crossing Bridge into Village

    • Crossing Bridge into Village

    • Water and sanitation; Community development

    • A group of Peace Corps Volunteers are pictured crossing a bridge, typical of those in the semi-tropical monsoon country of East Pakistan. The small river serves as bathing facility, sewage system, laundry area and source of water supply for the...
    • Agency Photos
    • Volunteer Examines Pump

    • Volunteer Examines Pump

    • Water and sanitation; construction

    • A Volunteer involved in gardening and agro-forestry, joins a former Volunteer in Mali in a trip to her island village of Issafaye. In the photo, they examine an old wheel-barrow pump, which they will repair to use as a hand pump to irrigate rice...
    • Agency Photos
    • Volunteer Examines Pump

    • Volunteer Examines Pump

    • Water and sanitation; construction

    • A Volunteer involved in gardening and agro-forestry, joins a former Volunteer in Mali in a trip to her island village of Issafaye. In the photo, they examine an old wheel-barrow pump, which they will repair to use as a hand pump to irrigate rice...
    • Agency Photos
    • Volunteer Works to Construct Wells

    • Volunteer Works to Construct Wells

    • water and sanitation; construction

    • This Volunteer works with a team, which includes a gardener and a forester, to construct village wells in Baka-Were. In this photo, he and the village gardener examine a garden well being constructed with “dutch bricks”, a design developed by a...
    • Agency Photos
    • Repairing Broken Wells

    • Repairing Broken Wells

    • Water and sanitation; Counterparts

    • This Peace Corps Volunteer works with counterpart Mr. Moussa Diawara, a regional agricultural extension worker, to repair broken wells in Falan.
    • Agency Photos
    • Health Education Volunteer

    • Health Education Volunteer

    • Water and sanitation; Education; Knight Foundation

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of health as a health education volunteer, working with village health committees and independent groups. Here she teaches community children the importance of washing hands as part of family hygiene...
    • Agency Photos
    • Volunteer Discusses with Village Chief

    • Volunteer Discusses with Village Chief

    • Water and Sanitation; Elders

    • This Volunteer works in Tangassane as a water resource project manager. He is shown seated with village chief, Mohammane Adaa, in his mud-walled home. They drink the traditional tea as they discuss the plans for construction of three new wells.
    • Agency Photos
    • Latrine Inspection

    • Latrine Inspection

    • Water and sanitation; Health

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he inspects a latrine as part of his daily inspection program to improve health and sanitary conditions.
    • Agency Photos
    • Covering Pipes

    • Covering Pipes

    • Water and sanitation; Health

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he works with local kids to cover pipes installed for the water system.
    • Agency Photos
    • Latrine Inspection

    • Latrine Inspection

    • Water and sanitation; Health

    • This Volunteer is assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Here, he inspects a latrine as part of his daily inspection program to improve health and sanitary conditions.
    • Agency Photos
    • Health Education in Cameroon

    • Health Education in Cameroon

    • Water and sanitation; Knight Foundation

    • This Volunteer is an itinerant agent for health education in Cameroon. Here he works with Eyo village health committee to complete the banking of mud walls to protec tthe spring water supply.
    • Agency Photos
    • Building Wells

    • Building Wells

    • Water and Sanitation; Transportation

    • This Volunteer works to improve water management in a Tamashek camp on an island in the Niger River Delta. She is shown helping villagers unload supplies, which she will use to construct three wells in her village. They will transport these...
    • Agency Photos

QuickView

Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail
on off
 

Layout options:

Thumbnail with title
Grid with smaller thumbnails and more detail
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK