This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Myles Shuler. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build 3 rainwater catchments and storage systems to provide clean water for unserved households in the community. Myles reports: Milla 7 ½ is a town that is […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Timothy Vanden Boom. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to improve Boca Del Monte´s aqueduct system by constructing 3 small cement tanks to serve as receptacles and depressurizing agents for the water flow. Timothy reports: The […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Kaitlin Green. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide water for the community through a system comprised of a spring catchment box, an aqueduct system, neighborhood tap stands, and individual home rainwater catchment installations. Upon […]
Location Caisan, Chiriqui, Panama Community Description Caisan Centro is a Latino farming community in the highlands of the province of Chiriqui, Panama. With about 200 houses, Centro is a small outlying suburb of the larger district of Renacimiento, and is often overlooked next to the bigger community when it comes to needed services. A specific […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Sara Taylor. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a rainwater catchment system to provide a water supply for the school. Sara reports: We had record-setting rains that flooded our village, and 25% of the […]
Location La Honda, San Francisco District, Veraguas Province, Panama Community Description La Honda is an 800-person community nestled in a valley in the mountains of Panama. The people are almost entirely subsistence farmers who occasionally supplement their incomes doing odd construction jobs in other parts of the country. Jobs are extremely limited and what few […]
Location Boca Del Monte, Ngöbe-Bugle, Panama Community Description Boca Del Monte is a community of about 500 people in the Comarca of Ngöbe-Bugle of Southwestern Panama. The community has a school that goes up to 8th grade, which had a 2010 enrollment of around 350 kids from Boca Del Monte and 5 other surrounding communities. […]
Location Boqueron Arriba, Salamanca District, Colon Province, Panama Community Description Boqueron Arriba is a small subsistence farming community located within Chagres National Park. The majority of the 120 residents live below the poverty line. In December of 2010, heavy rains produced flooding and landslides, resulting in the displacement of families, loss of crops and livestock, […]
Location Cabuya Arriba de Anton, Cocle, Panama Community Description Cabuya Arriba is a small mountain town in the district of Anton, province of Cocle. Most of the 700 community members are farmers. The water source for Cabuya Arriba is a mountain stream at an altitude of 850 meters. The community has a gravity feed system […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Meredith Butterton. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to rehabilitate the aqueduct system and build 22 pit latrines, but proceeded to exceed expectations. Meredith reports: After all of the work was done and numbers in, we […]