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    • Constructing the Walls of the Well

    • Constructing the Walls of the Well

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • A Bourzanga villager mixes cement for the walls of the well. The strenuous task of constructing a well usually takes four or five months. Since all available hands are needed in the field during the growing season from late June to early November,...
    • Agency Photos
    • Reinforcing the Well

    • Reinforcing the Well

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • A voltaic mason inserts steel reinforcing rods in order to add another meter’s depth to this well in Boulsa. 1974
    • Agency Photos
    • Hand Pump Irrigartion System

    • Hand Pump Irrigartion System

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer and the chief of Zimtenga, a village in northern Upper Volta, discuss plans to improve the hand pump irrigartion system for this village vegetable garden. He has already helped put in 25 new wells in the region and is...
    • Agency Photos
    • Hand Pump Irrigartion System

    • Hand Pump Irrigartion System

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • A Peace Corps Volunteer and the chief of Zimtenga, a village in northern Upper Volta, discuss plans to improve the hand pump irrigartion system for this village vegetable garden. He has already helped put in 25 new wells in the region and is...
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Construction Supervision

    • Well Construction Supervision

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer is one of 20 Volunteers supervising the construction of wells in Upper Volta. Landon is Here, he and two village residents view a well in progress.
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Inspection

    • Well Inspection

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer works in the wells construction program in Upper Volta, where he supervises the construction of permanent cement-reinforced wells in poor villages. Here he inspects a well in the center of Yalogho. 1976
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Supervision

    • Well Supervision

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer works on reforestation in Dori, a cultural crossroads of 6,000 people. Here he supervises the relay of watering buckets that nourish the nursery.
    • Agency Photos
    • Wells Program Coordinator

    • Wells Program Coordinator

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer is the wells program coordinator for all of Upper Volta. He spent two years digging wells in the Barsalogho District, based in the village of Nammissiguima. Then he extended his tour an extra year, and is responsible for meeting with...
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Construction Program

    • Well Construction Program

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer is one of 20 Volunteers assigned to the well construction program in Upper Volta. Here he inspects a well being dug in the village. The village chief stands at the left. February 1976
    • Agency Photos
    • Wells Program Coordinator

    • Wells Program Coordinator

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer is the wells program coordinator for all of Upper Volta. He spent two years digging wells in the Barsalogho District, based in the village of Nammissiguima. Then he extended his tour an extra year, and is responsible for meeting with...
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Construction Supervision

    • Well Construction Supervision

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer is one of 20 Volunteers supervising the construction of wells in Upper Volta. Landon is Here, he and two village residents view a well in progress. 1976
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Digging

    • Well Digging

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer works as a well digger and has constructed 35 wells throughout Ouagadougou. He works with a Voltaic counterpart from the regional rural development office and supervises the work of the villagers. 1978
    • Agency Photos
    • Constructing Wells

    • Constructing Wells

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer llowers reinforcing rods into the well he is helping build in Kongoussi, Upper Volta, West Africa. He is one of 20 volunteers throughout Upper Volta supervising the construction of badly needed wells. The wells replace the...
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Construction

    • Well Construction

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • Villagers take water out of a newly completed PC well as a Volunteer talks to some of the villagers in the background.
    • Agency Photos
    • Well Construction

    • Well Construction

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer talks to the village chief about a new well infront of one of the already completed wells.
    • Agency Photos
    • Supervision of Well Construction

    • Supervision of Well Construction

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • While Bourzanga villagers draw water from a newly completed well, this Volunteer discusses the site for another well with the village chief. He was one of 20 volunteers throughout Upper Volta supervising constructions of badly needed wells. The...
    • Agency Photos
    • Cementing the Well

    • Cementing the Well

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • Digging for water, slowly, bucket by bucket, Kongoussi masons hoist dirt from the well they are digging for their village. Once the dirt is removed, cementing will begin. One of the major concerns of well diggers is cave-ins. If the cementing is...
    • Agency Photos
    • Supervision of Well Construction

    • Supervision of Well Construction

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • This Volunteer is working in Upper Volta supervising the animation and construction of concrete water wells. Here he talks to some of the villagers as they take water from the well.
    • Agency Photos
    • Cementing the Well

    • Cementing the Well

    • Knight Foundation; Water and sanitation

    • Digging for water, slowly, bucket by bucket, Kongoussi masons hoist dirt from the well they are digging for their village. Once the dirt is removed, cementing will begin. One of the major concerns of well diggers is cave-ins. If the cementing is...
    • Agency Photos

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