This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer T.D. Nguyen. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the restrooms of the Primary School of Village 1 Ban Sub Noi. T.D. reports: The four-stall restroom at the primary school of Village 1 was renovated […]
Location Kiziguro Sector, Gatsibo District, Rwanda Community Description Eastern Rwanda is relatively dry, particularly during the dry season. Kiziguro Primary School, located in the Gatsibo District of the Eastern Province of Rwanda, serves 1,126 primary students and 570 secondary students. The school is supported by a Catholic church, which is located nearby. Similar to a […]
Location Manyagiro Sector, Gicumbi District, Rwanda Community Description The Manyagiro sector of the Gicumbi District is located in the northern province of Rwanda in East Africa. The rural area is mountainous and does not have running water, spigots or electricity. Subsistence farming is the main source of income for residents of the Manyagiro sector. The […]
Location Ker Ngornyan, North Bank Region, The Gambia Community Description Ker Ngornyan is a small village of about 400 people on the main road. The people are farmers who mostly grow groundnuts, coos, and sesame. Some people are keeping livestock including cows. At least two farmers are making good efforts in tree planting. The main […]
Location Vaipu’a, Savaii, Samoa Community Description Vaipua is a small rural village with a population of 650 people on the southwest coast of the large island of Savaii in Samoa. There is a very active Women’s Committee, a primary school that serves both Vaipua and Fogasavaii villages, and a developing tourist beach area. Vaipua has […]
Location Izmail, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Izmail is a small city of 80,000 people, located approximately 160 km south of Odessa at the mouth of the Danube River Delta. It is home to an internationally protected wildlife, plant and nature preserve. Izmail is the largest Ukrainian port on the Danube, with direct access to […]
Location Pueblo Nuevo de Bayano, Panama Este, Panama Community Description Lake Bayano is a man-made lake in Panama Este, created in 1979 to supply water power to a hydroelectric plant that supplies Panama City and the surrounding provinces with electricity. The great majority of the land surrounding Bayano was reserved to relocate the native American […]
Location Group Village Billy, Traditional Authority Liwonde, Machinga District, Malawi Community Description Machinga District is located in the Southern Region of Malawi. Namandanje Health Center (NHC) provides primary medical care to 3,756 households situated along Machinga District’s Namandanje River. NHC currently has only one water tower, which does not satisfy its current water demand. NHC’s […]
Location Nkurenkuru, Kavango, Namibia Community Description Nkurenkuru is a growing but still small rural town, 140 km west of Rundu in the Kavango region, northeastern Namibia. It was recently awarded “town” status by the government, and has roughly 9,000 residents. There are a number of government buildings, a petrol station, 3 small grocery stores and […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Laura Groggel. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct two public ECOSAN latrines in Datcha, one in the market along the highway and the other the center of the village. Laura reports: The work […]