Location Manatta Village, Ol’Kalou Constituency, Nyandaru District, Central Province, Kenya Community Description Manatta is a rural village in the Rurii district, with the households made up primarily of farmers and low-income families. Priority is not given to education and many children are taken out of school early to work on the farms of their families. […]
Location Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The project community is a large industrial city of 700,000. Krivoy Rog has one of the highest rates within Ukraine of new HIV infections each year. Many of these infected people include youth who have been born with HIV. The Krivoy Rog Tuberculosis Hospital #2 serves about […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Brett Werkheiser. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a latrine for the girls, install a rainwater catchment system, and build several handwashing stations. Brett reports: The project has been completed according to plan. Although there […]
Location Barangay Lubas, La Trinidad Municipality, Benguet Province, Island of Luzon, Philippines Community Description Lubas, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines is a small community with about 2,000 residents. People are mainly farmers, and it is a big struggle for them to send their kids to school. Thus, students go to school with a very minimal allowance, […]
Location Ol’Kalou, Central Province, Kenya Community Description The community comprised within the Mugumo Primary School and Mwihoti Secondary School districts are primarily Kikuyu. The Kikuyu tribe is majority made up of substance farmers. The families in this district mostly grow and harvest cash crops such as corn and potatoes which makes up their entire income. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Steven Klimberg. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the toilet facilities and drainage system at the school. Steven reports: We finished the project. After picking up the funds, people form the local Rotary and I […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Danae Olsen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the bathroom for teachers at the school. Danae reports: We have completed the water sanitation project at our school. The teacher’s bathroom is now equipped with running […]
Location Tumani Tenda, Kombo East District, West Coast Region, The Gambia Community Description Tumani Tenda is a rural community located in The Gambia, West Africa, with around 400 inhabitants, including 180 children under the age of 18. Tumani Tenda is a farming and fishing community, located on a tributary of The River Gambia. The Tumani […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Maureen Hessel. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to purchase and install a Grundfos submersible pump to bring water from the borehole to the community center. Maureen reports: The project has been satisfactorily completed according to the […]
Location Nema, Brikama, West Coast Region, The Gambia Community Description Brikama is a largely agricultural town, located approximately 20 km from the capital Banjul, with a population of more than 60,000 residents representing 8 different tribes. Due to its size, Brikama has been divided into 24 different wards. Nema, one of the wards located on […]