This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Nicholas Shen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to construct 7 handwashing stations at the most critical places in the community of Baolala. Nicholas reports: The Baolala Hygiene Project was started in October, 2010, in collaboration with […]
Location Baolala, Kenya Community Description The community of Baolala, located 2.5 hours west of Malindi, is primarily composed of a Kenyan tribe called the Giriama people. The Giriama are beautiful and friendly welcoming people who live with common occupations as farmers and cattle livestock raisers. They have their own language apart from Swahili, but typically […]
Location Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines Community Description Bulalacao (translation: Shooting Star), Oriental Mindoro, Philippines is a historical and beautiful municipality. It is thought to be the oldest population center in Mindoro dating back to the 10th century. Bulalacao is one of the poorest municipalities in Oriental Mindoro and indeed all of the Philippines. Bulalacao is […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Rebecca E. Kington and Ben Stacey. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct 4 pumps in strategic locations in the municipality. After planning the project with the community, Rebecca received a site transfer to another community. […]
Location Kirovograd, Kirovograd, Ukraine Community Description Kirovograd, located on the Inhul River, is an oblast capital city, located in the center of Ukraine. The Internat is a school for 358 students. Some of them attend school, some live there during the week and return to their villages for the weekends and the holidays, and about […]
Location Kirovograd, Ukraine Community Description Kirovograd, on the Inhul River, is an oblast capital city, located in the center of Ukraine. The Kirovograd Regional Universal Research Library Named After Chizhevsky is the largest library in the oblast and hosts a Window on America Center, Bibliomist computer lab, and center for people with visual disabilities. It […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Alicia Portillo. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide running water for the bathrooms, improve the drainage between and out of the bathrooms, and install a faucet and a handwashing station. Alicia reports: Phase 1 – […]
Location Kyamue Village, Kiteta Location Kiteta Division, Mbooni East District, Eastern Province, Kenya Community Description Kyamue Village is located in the lower half of Eastern Province in Kenya. The area is referred to as Ukambani because it is largely inhabited by the Akamba tribe. The Lower Eastern Province of Kenya consists of mostly semi-arid areas […]
Location Mwamba Village and Muchilingua Village, Northern Province, Zambia Community Description Mwamba Village is located 27 km northwest of Kasama in the Northern Province of Zambia. The Mwamba Village Clinic serves Mwamba and the 13 surrounding villages, with a combined total of over 5000 people. Currently there are no functioning water pumps in the village […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Daniel Branch. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a community well at the school in Andrenilaivelo. Daniel reports: The well project in Andrenilaivelo has been completed. The process went as follows: First a hole 1 […]