This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Niquivil, Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico Community Description Niquivil is the largest community in the eastern part of the municipality of Motozintla. The town is located at an elevation of 9,200 feet on the border with Guatemala and is home […]
Location 16 communities in the San Juan Province, Dominican Republic, as set forth below Community Description San Juan is a Dominican province, in the western part of the Dominican Republic with a population of over 232,000. San Juan de la Maguana is the capital city and the largest city in the province, with a population […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jocelyn Dorland. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was originally designed to be implemented by MUDE (Mujeres en Desarrollo) an NGO and INAPA (Instituto Nacional de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado). They did not have the capability to install the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of RPCV Jeremy Mak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was designed to secure access to clean drinking water for small, underserved satellite villages in Gambia’s Niamina East District, all of whom rely exclusively on dirty, open wells due to hand pump […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Tamara Brennan, Ph.D. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide an ample supply of safe water to Niquivil by running tubing from the water source to a holding tank and then down to the community. A summary of Tamara’s […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. This is a project under the LET GIRLS LEARN Program, a collaboration of First Lady Michelle Obama and the Peace Corps to expand access to education for girls around the world! Location Koplik, Malësi e Madhe, Shkodër District, […]
These projects have been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Dave & Rebecca Rowson. To read about the beginning of these projects, CLICK HERE. Following is the final report for the Shamba (garden) Project – Kakrigu, Rusinga Island, Kenya. A second report for the other aspect of this collection of […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location: The Kakrigu and Kolo districts on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, near Mbita, Kenya Community Description: The people of Rusinga Island live in small communities with a few farms directly on the island in the middle of Lake […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Lezhe Cultural Palace, Lezhe, Albania Community Description The municipality of Lezhe is fairly large, and is made up of around 60,000 people. There are many villages surrounding Lezhe, and each one seems to have its own special […]
PROJECT INFORMATION Location of Project: Kerr Tubai, North Bank Region, Lower Niumi, The Gambia, West Africa; GPS Coordinates: N13°27.262 W016°26.284 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT COMMUNITY Kerr Tubai is a small community located in the eastern part of Bakindiki. The settlers are from the Fula and Manjago tribes. The one-century-old community is populated by roughly 200 subsistence farmers […]