Location Kashongi Trading Center, Kiruhura District, Uganda Community Description The Kashongi Trading Center is located in Southwest Uganda, with a population of about 200. Kashongi Sub County suffers due to a lack of water at a greater level than the rest of Uganda. While on average safe water coverage is 55 percent, in rural Uganda […]
This project is build a new spring water catchment box and retaining wall to serve the communities of El Pital and Las Tablas. The work will be implemented by El Pital ADESCO and Comite de Agua under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jessica Henry. Caserios El Pital and Las Tablas are home to about […]
Location Dankunku District, Central River Region-South, The Gambia Community Description Dankunku, a predominantly ethnic Mandinka village, is the center of Niamina Dankunku District, and is located 10 km off the Trans-Gambia South Bank Highway in the Central River Region, The Gambia. The population is comprised of roughly 2,000 residents coming from 140 or so compounds. […]
Location Morarano, Foulpointe Commune, Tamatave II region, Madagascar Community Description Morarano is a rural village located 12 km southwest of the beach town of Foulpointe on the east coast of Madagascar. About 150 people live in the village center. However, the presence of an elementary school means 270 students come in from the surrounding hills […]
Location Chicumbane, Gaza province, Mozambique Community Description CACHES (Crianças Artistas Contra HIV e SIDA) is a community-based organization in Chicumbane, Mozambique that combines elements of art, dance, music, theatre, and sex education to provide a structured after-school program and playing/learning environment for local youth. Although a relatively new organization, CACHES has already achieved wide recognition […]
Location Rezina, Moldova Community Description The town of Rezina, with a population of about 13,000, is located next to the beautiful river Nistru in the Northeast of Moldova. Despite the beautiful landscape, the community has been hard hit by economic woes. A lack of jobs has left many children in the care of grandparents or […]
Location Dorobratovo, Irshavski Region, Zakarpatska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The community of Dorobratovo is a small village located to the west of the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine with a population of approximately 2,300 people. Dorobratovo received central heating, electricity, and central plumbing only 20 years ago. The Dorobratovo Secondary School (grades 1-11) has approximately 264 […]
Location Kayunga District, Uganda Community Description Kayunga District is a rural district located in Central Uganda along the River Nile. The residents of Kayunga District are very ethnically diverse: There are 52 different tribes that comprise Kayunga District. The majority of the population belongs to the Buganda Tribe of central Uganda, the Banyala Tribe, and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Megan Vees. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide 5 families in Piscopampa with greywater systems to effectively manage waste water. Megan reports: The Piscopampa grey water pilot project has been completed. We installed 5 […]
Location MballoCoundaThierno, Vellingara, Kolda, Senegal Community Description The community of MballoCoundaThierno is located in the region of Kolda. It is a village of 350 people and is located 8 km from the road. It is a Pulaar village in which the majority of people farm peanuts, corn, cotton and other grains. They also tend to […]