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 […]
Location La Penda, Blanco Arriba Municipality, Hermanas Mirabal Province, Dominican Republic Community Description Located in the Cordillera Septentrional mountain range, La Penda is predominately a farming community consisting of 96 homes and 373 residents set along a two-mile dilapidated dirt and rock road. The majority of houses are constructed of a three foot high concrete […]
Location Romny, Sumska, Ukraine Community Description Romny is the rayon center in the Sumska oblast in northern-central Ukraine. It is a city of approximately 50,000 people, and is over 1200 years old. Romny has been an important part of the region, serving as a military, cultural and economic center in various capacities throughout its history. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Erica Locher. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install an electric water pump at the primary school in order to pump water from the school’s well into an above-ground tank. Erica reports: The first step […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Darlene Grant. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to replace the broken solar-powered water pump at the orphanage. Darlene reports: The pump arrived in Phnom Penh on Saturday, Nov. 27, was transported 5 1/2 hours to […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Keiko Valente. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to bring water from the school well to six bathrooms on the Hun Sen Boribo Lower and Upper Secondary School grounds. Keiko reports: There is now running water […]
Location Soumdina-Bas, Soumdina canton, Kozah prefecture, Togo. Community Description Soumdina-Bas is a rural community of 4,000 people located on a partially paved road, 15 kilometers from the regional capital city of Kara. The village is at the base of small mountains, from which the people of Soumdina-Bas came originally. There are six smaller villages that […]
Location Tindinyo, Mokwo, Kapkangani, Kapsabet, Rift Valley Province, Kenya Community Description Tindinyo is a small rural village in North Rift Valley Province located off the Kapsabet-Chavakali tarmac, just outside of the beautiful Kakamega Forest. The majority of the community is of the Luhya tribe and earns a living through farming. The community uses local rivers […]
Location La Tejera, Casa Blanca, Perquín, Morazán, El Salvador Community Description La Tejera is located within the municipality of Perquín, Morazán in Northeast El Salvador. The community is made up of approximately 80 working-class families. Most of them generate income through agriculture, logging or working as auto mechanics. Many in the community receive remittances from […]
Location Ngaraff, Linguere, Louga, Senegal Community Description Ngaraff is a 400-person community located on the national highway near the town of Linguere, in the department of Linguere, region of Louga, Senegal. The population of the village is primarily composed of ethnic Wolof people surviving on the subsistence farming of millet, peanuts, and beans. There is […]