This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Gataivai, Western Samoa, South Pacific Community Description The community of Gataivai is situated on the southeast coast on the island of Savai’i in the Palauli district in Western Samoa. It stands as one of the largest villages […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Gregory Cormier. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to establish a water supply and storage system at the church and at the school. Gregory reports: We purchased two tanks for water storage in La Peña and we […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Emily McKeone. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. We would like to thank Emily for executing this excellent project, and for her continuing work with us via her Water For Zambia organization and our joint Water For Zambia Program. We worked with her […]
Location Caserio La Peña, Municipio Metapán, Departamento Santa Ana, El Salvador Community Description La Peña is a town consisting of 33 houses and 191 people. The majority of the population is under the age of 29. The population is 100% Catholic, and people attend church twice a week. Most people in the town over the […]
This is a follow-up to two great projects completed in recent years in partnership with Safe Passage, a nonprofit operating in Guatemala City, to provide for the clean water needs of those living and working in Central America’s largest landfill, the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. These garbage dump workers spend long days sorting through trash […]
Location Jachaspampa and San Pedro communities, Huayllan District, Pomabamba Province, Ancash Department, Peru Community Description Jachaspampa and San Pedro, with populations of 102 and 162 people respectively, are two of 16 small farming annexes of Huayllan. Both communities are entirely dependent on subsistence farming, mainly potato and wheat products. Both communities are highly impoverished and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Emily McKeone. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. We would like to thank Emily once again for executing this fine project, and for her continuing work with us via her Water For Zambia organization and our joint Water For Zambia Program. We worked […]
Location Aldea Parraxchaj, San Bartolo Aguas Calientes, Totonicapán, Guatemala Community Description The Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Chonimabaj is a small rural school located in a poor agricultural community in the department of Totonicapán, in the Guatemalan highlands. The community is majority Maya K’iche’ and speak both the indigenous language and Spanish. The school has 6 […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Emily McKeone. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. We would like to thank Emily once again for executing this fine project, and for her continuing work with us via her Water For Zambia organization and our joint Water For Zambia Program. We worked […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Marcie and Garrison report: As we said before this is the second pump we’ve partnered with Pape on and as such the work was pretty straightforward. Pape picked up […]