Location Rukoma Sector, Kamonyi District, Southern Province of Rwanda Community Description Remera-Rukoma Hospital services the entire district of Kamonyi, accounting for approximately 265,365 Rwandan citizens. It is located an hour outside of Kigali. Although it relatively close to the capital it has only recently obtained electricity. Remera-Rukoma Hospital offers consultation, mental health services, dentistry, testing […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Alexis Ward. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to create sinkholes to eliminate raw sewage surrounding the building. Alexis reports: My project was to create a septic system for an apartment building and to put an end […]
Location Radionovka, Ukraine Community Description Radionovka is a small village of 1,500 people, located near the most polluted city in all of Europe, Kryvy Rog, Ukraine. The community does not have running water. However it has local river water piped into water stations throughout the village for local use. The water in the water stations […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Nicholas Shen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to construct 7 handwashing stations at the most critical places in the community of Baolala. Nicholas reports: The Baolala Hygiene Project was started in October, 2010, in collaboration with […]
Location Baolala, Kenya Community Description The community of Baolala, located 2.5 hours west of Malindi, is primarily composed of a Kenyan tribe called the Giriama people. The Giriama are beautiful and friendly welcoming people who live with common occupations as farmers and cattle livestock raisers. They have their own language apart from Swahili, but typically […]
Location Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Community Description Bulalacao (translation: Shooting Star), Oriental Mindoro, Philippines is a historical and beautiful municipality. It is thought to be the oldest population center in Mindoro dating back to the 10th century. Bulalacao is one of the poorest municipalities in Oriental Mindoro and indeed all of the Philippines. Bulalacao is […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Rebecca E. Kington and Ben Stacey. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct 4 pumps in strategic locations in the municipality. After planning the project with the community, Rebecca received a site transfer to another community. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Alicia Portillo. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide running water for the bathrooms, improve the drainage between and out of the bathrooms, and install a faucet and a handwashing station. Alicia reports: Phase 1 – […]
Location Mwamba Village and Muchilingua Village, Northern Province, Zambia Community Description Mwamba Village is located 27 km northwest of Kasama in the Northern Province of Zambia. The Mwamba Village Clinic serves Mwamba and the 13 surrounding villages, with a combined total of over 5000 people. Currently there are no functioning water pumps in the village […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Sajay Menon. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to repair pumps in and around the village. Sajay reports: The Mwamba Muchilingwa Pump Project was meant to fix three boreholes, to provide safe drinking water for a catchment […]