This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. LocationArandis, Erongo Region, Namibia Community DescriptionArandis is a town in Erongo Region, Namibia. It has been called the Uranium Capital of the World, as it is located just 15 km outside the world’s largest open-pit uranium mine, the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Caleb Stephens. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to refine the bio-sand filter technology and to begin to produce filters and proliferate their use. Caleb reports: The project began as a teaching project in which another […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Amanda Miller. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to build a rainwater harvesting system for the Early Intervention Programme (EIP) Community Garden. Amanda reports: EIP Founder Ben Motlata and I worked together to get quotes for […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Justin Rausa. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a 4-person latrine for the school. Justin reports: Project funds were used to purchase necessary materials in order to build a 4-person latrine near the Ngoma […]
Location Nkurenkuru, Kavango, Namibia Community Description Nkurenkuru is a growing but still small rural town, 140 km west of Rundu in the Kavango region, northeastern Namibia. It was recently awarded “town” status by the government, and has roughly 9,000 residents. There are a number of government buildings, a petrol station, 3 small grocery stores and […]
Namibia, located in Southern Africa, is bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana and Zimbabwe and on the south and east by South Africa. This location of this project is Epako, near Gobabis, in the Omaheke Region of Eastern Namibia. The project […]
Location Ngoma Lower Primary School, Kavango Region, Namibia, Africa. Community Description The school is located in a rural village 70 km west of Rundu in the Kavango Region of Namibia. Due to the lack of a latrine, teachers and learners walk up to half an hour to use the bush toilet. This current practice promotes […]