Location Baricho village, Baricho Sub-location, Bungale Location, Marafa Division, Magarini District, Coast Province, Kenya Community Description Baricho is a farming community located in the semi-arid coastal region of Kenya and has a population of approximately 4,868 people. Baricho Dispensary is a community-supported health care center started in 1939 in response to an outbreak of disease […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lynda Carlson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a bathroom for the new community library. Lynda reports: Our bathroom project is complete. The old unused facility was remodeled to accommodate a western toilet and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Spence Riggs. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a latrine facility at the primary school. Spence reports: The execution of the Sukutto Primary School Latrines Project involved the participation of the entire community. Prior […]
Location Ruramba Sector, Nyaruguru District, Southern Province, Rwanda Community Description Ruramba is located in Nyaruguru district situated in the Southern province of Rwanda. The majority of the population in Ruramba farm, has many substances. Ruramba is identified with its countless tea plantations and a large number of primary schools within its sector. Groupe Scolaire Ruramba […]
Location Saré Sara and Ndorna, Bagadaji, Dabo, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Saré Sara is a small Pular village along the road in the southern Senegalese region of Kolda, about twenty kilometers outside of Kolda, the regional capital. Spread across its sixty-one compounds is a population of approximately 450 people. Of that, 22% are adult men, […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Natalie Brusseau. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to bring easily-accessible drinking water to students and staff at School Number 7 by installing two new handwashing stations and a drinking fountain with filtered water. Natalie reports: […]
This project has been completed under the direction Liz Love, Adult Literacy Director of Safe Passage. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide 35 additional Ecofiltro ceramic water filters to serve 280 persons, comprised of families enrolled in the Adult Literacy Program. The background of the project […]
This project has been completed in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Vietnam. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to implement a rainwater collection project to serve about 150 people who lacked an effective way to obtain water for their needs. The partnership was successful in designing and implementing […]
Location Kabatezi cell, Muzo Sector, Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda Community Description Rusoro Health Center is a small health center in the rural Northern Province of Rwanda in the District of Gakenke. Thirty-five villages use the health center as their primary source of health care, making a catchment population of 21,919 people. Of the 19 […]
Location Nafadji Senegal, Saraya District, Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Located 90 kilometers away from the town of Kedougou, Nafadji has a primary school, and this year, the community mobilized together to build a four-classroom middle school about 800 meters away from the border of the village. Since the school is recently built and far away […]