This is a picture of my counterpart, Amara, outside of the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010. The village of Tsanwa has one foot pump that is 70m deep and two wells to meet their water needs. One of the wells has very...
This photo shows the Borana people of Sheik (just outside of Isiolo, Kenya). They are celebrating the fact that they have just laid over a mile of pipe to carry clean water to their settlement.
This photo shows Borana women of Sheik (just outside of Isiolo, Kenya) dancing as part of their celebration after laying pipe for a clean water project for their settlement.
This photo shows the Borana people of Sheik (just outside of Isiolo, Kenya). They have just laid over a mile of pipe to carry clean water to their settlement.
These two combined pictures provide a dramatic proof of the achievements of West Pakistan cooperation in combating water-logging and salinity in West Pakistan. The upper picture was taken in May, 1960 when the tube wells were just installed to...
Locally developed farm implements are exhibited and demonstrated at village fairs as a means of inducing farmers to adopt them. The picture shows Pakistani farmers looking at some new implements at a village fair near Gujranwala. During the ten...
I lived at my site for nine months with only a limited amount of water - 4 to 5 gallons a day. I procured a grant for the money to dig a new well for the family.
The photo was taken in my village of pibidunugama-Sri Lanka while I was washing my clothes. The person in the photo is Peace Corps Volunteer Michael Alston.
This Volunteer works in rural development and secondary projects including forestry. He explains the importance of “live fencing” to school children at a garden project.