Location Mapoteng, Lesotho Community Description In the countryside of Lesotho, where over 70 percent of Lesotho’s people fight over nine percent of arable land, subsistence farming, on which the people depend, has diminished in recent years. Alternate floods and droughts have reduced farmers’ yields to a bare minimum, leaving more than a quarter of the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Terry Ellard. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install collection pipes in the seasonal water catchment reservoir to allow for the filling of storage tanks for the dry season. Terry reports: The project began with the […]
Location Quebrada Grande de Nandayure, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Community Description Quebrada Grande de Nandayure is a small, isolated, rural community located in a mountainous area of the Nicoya Peninsula in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. The town has a population of 140, the majority of whom work in the agriculture of oranges and coffee. […]
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 […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lewis Kiker. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a public latrine for the community center. Lewis reports: The latrine at the Nhlulweni KaGogo Center is up and functioning! The community really came together to construct […]
Location Caserio Los Perez, Aldea Patzac, Santa Apolonia, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Community Description The high rural Guatemalan community of Los Perez only recently acquired the formal status of caserio (village). The community is located at 2,500 meters of elevation (approx. 8,100 feet), and is home to 20 families, who are all mostly interrelated. Most adults have […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Dercum Over. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a bathroom with 3 flush toilets. Dercum reports: The community of Los Perez has successfully completed the project of replacing the dangerous latrines in their elementary school […]