This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Anne Benson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to bring water to the Kalynivka School for use in the cafeteria and bathrooms. Anne reports: Once funding was received, the village of Kalynivka sprang into action and ordered […]
Location Kalynivka, Yelanets Rayon, Mykolayiv Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Kalynivka is a small village in southcentral Ukraine. During Soviet times, Kalynivka was a large, thriving town with a heavily-trafficked music school, house of culture, equestrian school, pre-school and grade school. The fall of the Soviet Union and successive economic hardships in Ukraine caused many public […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Bradley Bettis. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide handwashing stations and drinking fountains at the school. Bradley reports: Sovetskiy School # 3 has completed their water project and we now have clean and free drinking […]
Location Sovetskiy, Sovetskiy Region, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Community Description Sovetskiy is a town of 10,000 people with three schools, one college, a mosque, an Orthodox church, 2 non-denominational churches, a hospital, a handful of restaurants, and quite a bit of ethnic diversity. Ukrainians, Russians, and Crimean Tatars all call Sovetskiy home. Sovetskiy is […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Rebecca Sheffel. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install a reverse osmosis water purification system at the hospital. Rebecca reports: This past week we have completed all components of our project. The implementation went as planned […]
Location Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The project community is a large industrial city of 700,000. Krivoy Rog has one of the highest rates within Ukraine of new HIV infections each year. Many of these infected people include youth who have been born with HIV. The Krivoy Rog Tuberculosis Hospital #2 serves about […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Natalie Gmitro. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate and upgrade an indoor bathroom at the Nova Praha Educational Complex. Natalie reports: In Nova Praha Educational Complex we had two new toilets installed as well as […]
Location Nova Praha, Olexsandrya Rayon, Kirovograd’ska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Nova Praha is a village located in the easternmost part of the Kirovograd’ska Oblast in Ukraine. When the Soviet Union was still in power, Nova Praha was a flourishing city, with a sunflower oil factory as its main job supplier. Nova Praha was the Rayon […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer John Folstrom. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide bathroom for the students at the school. John reports: The Chervonohrad School #8 project to create a new bathroom was a clear success. The community organization was […]
Location Chervonohrad, Lvivska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Chervonohrad is a mining town, home to 50,000 people, in the northern region of Lvivska in western Ukraine. It is the second largest city in the Lvivska oblast and is just an hour drive from the Polish border. Prior to 1953, the city was known as Krystynopol meaning […]