Location Khutsubani, Kobuleti, Adjara, Georgia Community Description Khutsubani is a village of approximately 1,050 families in the Kobuleti district of Adjara in west Georgia. This village is one of many villages in the area struggling to develop economically. Most of Khutsubani’s families live in poverty, as many households rely on subsistence farming (citrus fruit is […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jeremy Mak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to rehabilitate two Mark II handpumps in the Niamina Dankunku Area. Jeremy reports: I’m writing to let you know that we successfully concluded the Niamina Dankunku Area Pump […]
This project is part of our 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks Program, being implemented by Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the program and follow its progress, CLICK HERE. Location Thiawando, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description Pump #11 was our first project in this village, and if you go back and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Blakely Neff. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install a five-step reverse osmosis water purification system to provide safe water for the children at the Golden Fish Kindergarten. Blakely reports: The filter was installed according […]
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. The project was to place a second water pump in the Faraba Moringa Garden to enable the women’s group that works there to start its own vegetable garden. […]
This project is part of our 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks Program, being implemented by Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the program and follow its progress, CLICK HERE. Location Faraba, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Smack in the middle of two villages is a vast stretch of farmland. About 95 […]
This project was completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Pilar Lyons. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to build 30 improved latrines in a rural Minianka village. Pilar reports: The latrine project has been completed. The initial phase involved the purchase of the brick mold in […]
Location Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Melitopol is a city of about 160,000 people located in Southeastern Ukraine. During the era of the Soviet Union, the city had a robust economy defined by a booming engineering and automobile industry. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the city has fallen on hard times and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jesse Coker. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to build a 20,000 liter water tank at the school. Jesse reports: We have completed our water tank! The project went very well, with the kids always eager […]
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 reports: We’ve explained the process of installing pumps in great detail many times, so with this install going so smoothly we thought we’d take extra time to […]