Location Barangay Lubas, La Trinidad Municipality, Benguet Province, Island of Luzon, Philippines Community Description Lubas, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines is a small community with about 2,000 residents. People are mainly farmers, and it is a big struggle for them to send their kids to school. Thus, students go to school with a very minimal allowance, […]
Location Ol’Kalou, Central Province, Kenya Community Description The community comprised within the Mugumo Primary School and Mwihoti Secondary School districts are primarily Kikuyu. The Kikuyu tribe is majority made up of substance farmers. The families in this district mostly grow and harvest cash crops such as corn and potatoes which makes up their entire income. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Steven Klimberg. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the toilet facilities and drainage system at the school. Steven reports: We finished the project. After picking up the funds, people form the local Rotary and I […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Danae Olsen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the bathroom for teachers at the school. Danae reports: We have completed the water sanitation project at our school. The teacher’s bathroom is now equipped with running […]
Location Barangay Lubas, La Trinidad Benguet, Luzon, Philippines Community Description Barangay Lubas is located on the northern part of the municipality of La Trinidad. It is situated on a hill overlooking La Trinidad Valley. The barangay shares its boundaries with other barangays of La Trinidad, which are Shilan and Beckel on the east, Ambiong on […]
Location Chiatura, Imereti Region, Georgia Community Description Chiatura is a small town located in the beautiful, temperate Imereti region of Georgia. When accounting for all of its surrounding villages, Chiatura has a population of around 20,000. The main industry is the mining of manganese, a silvery-grey metal that resembles iron. There are nine public schools […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Steven Klimberg. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide a water tank for Pagal Elementary School and Day Care Center. Following is Steven’s report: The installation of a Water Tank for Pagal Elementary School was accomplished […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Rachel Boswell. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build four latrines at the school. Rachel reports: The Kisese-Dissa Primary School latrines have been completed! With the help of Water Charity, a structure with four pit latrines […]
Location Sitio Pagal, Barangay Shilan, La Trinidad Municipality, Benguet Province, Philippines Community Description Pagal is one of the sitios of Barangay Shilan of the municipality of La Trinidad. It is a remote village with a total population of 527, based on the 2010 census. People in the area depend on farming for their livelihood. Agricultural […]
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 […]