This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Maggie Burns. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a 5,000-liter tank-style handwashing station at the school. However, it was decided to build a smaller more durable tank but with the capacity for capturing rainwater. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Carolyn Vopelak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a sink and septic tank for the school. Carolyn reports: The construction of the handwashing station with 6 faucets and septic tank at EORM Las Colmenas […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Clifford Held. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to bring water to the Las Manzanas School. Clifford reports: I am very happy to announce the successful completion of the water Project at the school Las Manzanas […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Barrett Bumpas. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a water tank, rainwater catchment system, and handwashing station at the school. Barrett reports: The project for the Calvario Dos School in Guatemala is completed! Agua […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Eric Hill-Tanquist. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a handwashing station at the school, making water available for the students for drinking, brushing teeth, and washing hands. Eric reports: The project in Tululché has […]
Location Paquip (outside of Santa Clara La Laguna), Sololá, Guatemala Community Description Paquip is a new community, recently independent of Santa Clara La Laguna. There are about 500 residents. Men generally work as carpenters and women work in their homes. Many husbands and fathers are working in the United States. The community is extremely poor, […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren Truxillo. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct concrete floors in up to 64 homes. Lauren reports on the project, which was concluded earlier this year: The first family in El Jícaro constructed their […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Abigail Harper. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct two wall-style handwashing stations at the school. Abigail reports: The process was 2 1/2 weeks of construction – 2 weeks doing the hand washing stations and […]
Location Paraje Santa Cruz, Caserío Santa Cruz, Aldea Cancábal, Municipality Malacatancito, Department Huehuetenango, Guatemala Community Description Santa Cruz, Tres Cruces is a small, rural community whose economy is based predominantly on subsistence agriculture, more specifically on the cultivation of corn and beans. Children attend E.O.R.M. Santa Cruz, Tres Cruces, the community’s single-teacher, one-room elementary school. […]
Location Aldea Xixviac, Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Community Description Aguacatán is located 45 minutes east of the department capital Huehuetenango. It is in the highlands of Guatemala in the northwestern part, south of Mexico. It is a small indigenous community that only has water during the rainy season. Farming corn and other crops are a strong […]