This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Bruce Kelsey. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to expand the sanitation capacity at the school by adding an annex with two more toilets to the existing facility. Bruce reports: The latrine project at Prey K’Cheeay […]
Location Prosaut Village, Svay Teab District, Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia Community Description Kandieng Reay Health Center is located within Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Province and provides health care services for 21 villages (with a population of 21,493 people according to a 2012 survey). The health center currently maintains a staff of 9 and receives between 1,200 […]
This project has been completed under the direction Rosângela Araújo, of Instituto Diamante Verde (IDV). To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a rainwater catchment and storage system in Ponta Baixa Village, Itiúba City, Bahia, Brazil. Rosângela reports: In December 2012, the Instituto Diamante Verde´s project “Água […]
Location Koboye, Fongolimbi District, Kedougou Region, Senegal Community Description Koboye is a small community of 400 people, located about 40 kilometers from Kedougou, situated on a small mountain bordering Guinea. Access is difficult, and it is expensive to transport materials, such as sacks of cement and rebar, to the village. It is estimated that there […]
Location Tkibuli, Imereti Region, Republic of Georgia Community Description The mountain town of Tkibuli is located at the foot of the Nakerela mountain in west-central Georgia. It is situated at the northern top of the region Imereti, close to the region Rach’a, located between two man-made reservoirs. Tkibuli is known for coal mining, as it […]
Location Sare Saedou, Department of Vellingara, Region of Kolda, Senegal Community Description Sare Saedou is a rural Pulaar village located 10 km Northeast of Kounkane in the Kolda region. The village has approximately 200 inhabitants who make their living by subsistence farming. There is no electricity or running water. The local primary school is attended […]
Location Soucoto, Tambacounda Region, Senegal Community Description Soucoto is a small Jaxanke village of 750 individuals, 70 km from the regional capital, Tambacounda, on the edge of the Nikola National Park. Over half of the village is part of one family unit, making it a very sharing and interdependent community. The entire village is Muslim, […]
Location La Primavera, Municipality San Pedro Jocopilas, Department El Quiche, Guatemala Community Description La Primavera is located in the department of El Quiche, Guatemala. The population in 2010 was 3,044 inhabitants. The center of Primavera consists of a market, a Catholic church, a health post, and the school which is separated into three buildings. Since […]
Introduction This is a project designed to open up access to clean filtered water for consumption and daily use by a community of over 60 Burmese migrants living and working in the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand. By using a simple technology with easy-to-find materials, this project is a great investment towards reducing disease […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Kelly Rogel. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a rainwater harvesting system for the school. Kelly reports: We completed our 5,000 L water tank project! We were able to purchase a KenTank 5,000 L […]