Location Las Mercedes, Tacuba, Ahuachapán, El Salvador Community Description Las Mercedes is a rural village on the northern border of Parque Nacional El Imposible in western El Salvador in the department of Ahuachapán. Nearly 500 people live in the community which is remotely located on a mountain range that borders the 3,800-hectare nature preserve. Despite […]
Location Village Akhalsopeli, Kvareli District, Kakheti Region, Georgia Community Description Akhalsopeli is a village of 2,800 families in the Kakheti Region of western Georgia, the newly reestablished republic in Eurasia. Most villagers’ income is from agriculture, with many beekeepers compared to surrounding area villages. There is one private wine factory in the village as well […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Evan Spark-DePass. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to build 3 ventilated improved pit latrines at the school. Evan reports: The Diambo Diawbe Primary School Latrine project was completed a little more than two weeks after […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jennifer Causton. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide a centrally located water tap in the village of Cyenkwanzi in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Jennifer reports on the outcome: As planned, the water tap […]
Location Namwera Village, Muloza, Mulanje District, Malawi Community Description Namwera is a large village located in the Muloza area of Mulanje district in southern Malawi. Namwera is located on the southeastern slope of Mulanje mountain, along the Muloza river/Mozambique border. Namwera, like most villages in the area, is highly populated, with approximately 2,000 people living […]
Location Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Considered to be the main steel industry city of Eastern Europe, Krivoy Rog consists of many social and ecological problems due to its abandoned mines, polluted ore-processing waste and prevalent poverty. Due to these issues, Krivoy Rog is thought by some to be one of the most […]
Location Kozova, Kozivskiy Rayon, Ternopilska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Kozova is a small town in western Ukraine. Historically part of the tradition-rich Halychyna area of Ukraine, Kozova is now a Regional Center in Ternopilska Oblast. Before World War II, Kozova’s population was made up of about 1,300 Ukrainians, 2,100 Poles, and 1,200 Jews. The current […]
Location Barinkovka, Lugansk, Ukraine Community Description Barinkovka is a small village in the Lugansk Oblast. The town is isolated from the rest of the oblast, with one road going into and out of the town. During the 1980s the town had a population of 10,000, but with the closing of the factories, the town currently […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Nikolaus Schuetz. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to construct a rainwater catchment system to provide water for the orphanage. Nikolaus reports: Once we started buying the materials, it was clear that this would be more […]
Location Nizhnehorskiy, Nizhnehorskiy Rayon, Autonomous Region of Crimea, Ukraine Community Description Nizhnehorskiy is a neglected region in the agricultural northeast of Crimea, away from the resort coast. There are approximately 58,000 residents, 15,000 of those residing in the rayon center, also named Nizhnehorskiy. The flat steppe territory stretches from the center of Crimea to the […]