Location Village Pshaveli, Telavi District, Kakheti Region, Republic of Georgia Community Description Pshaveli is an agrarian village located in the Kakheti Region near the city of Telavi and is home to 669 families, or approximately 1,900 people. The community has one school, a kindergarten, library, community center and a wood factory. Unemployment is high, as […]
Potrero Reduccion is a community located in central Paraguay, about 5 kilometers from the town of Itape and about 25 kilometers from Villarrica. The only school in the community lacks running water and a bathroom. Teachers and students must retrieve water and use a latrine a distance from the school. This project is to provide […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Adam Montgomery. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to provide the school with running water and a bathroom. Adam reports: The overall goal was to improve the bathroom facility and water accessibility in a local school in […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren Browne. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a handwashing station at the school. Lauren reports: Scope of the Project Financial help from Appropriate Projects paid for all the construction materials. The skilled labor was […]
Location Canton Xeta Cabaj, department of Totonicapan, Guatemala Community Description Canton Xeta Cabaj is a small rural community of approximately 500 inhabitants of Mayan descent, located outside the municipality of San Cristobal Totonicapan, 185 kilometers from Guatemala City by way of the Inter-American Highway. Most community members are either farmers or business owners. All of […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren Browne. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install a water tank, connect it to 5 faucets inside the bathrooms, and renovate an outside handwashing station. Lauren reports: Scope of the Project Financial help from Appropriate […]
Location San Cristóbal Totonicapán, Totonicapán, Guatemala Community Description San Cristóbal Totonicapán is a municipality of the department of Totonicapán, located 185 kilometers from Guatemala City by way of the Inter-American Highway. The town is located near Cuatro Caminos, the main intersection where the roads to Guatemala City, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán and Huehuetenango meet. Canton Coxliquel is […]
Location Caserio Toreras, Department of La Union, El Salvador Community Description Caserío Toreras is a small community in the northeastern corner of El Salvador located on the Honduran border. It is made up of 40 houses with a population of 225, and is very rural and isolated. Only vehicles with four-wheel drive can enter the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Tyler Dato. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to replace the tubes that carry the water from the source to the storage tank of the school, and to buy small storage containers for flushing the toilets. Tyler […]
Location Nhlulweni, Manzini Region, Swaziland Community Description Nhlulweni is a rural community with about 350 homesteads and approximately 3,000 people. Due to the very high unemployment in the area, the population relies on subsistence farming. Swaziland currently has the highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the world, and this community has not escaped the devastating […]