Location Faraba, Saraya district, Kedougou region, Senegal Community Description Faraba is a Malinke village with a population of approximately 250 people. The main economic activity in this village is agriculture, with staple crops such as peanuts, rice, and millet being grown mostly for consumption, and cotton being grown for sale. Vegetables grown in personal gardens […]
Location Kirovograd, Kirovogradsk’a oblast, Ukraine Community Description Kirovograd, located on the Inhul River, is an oblast capital city, located in the center of Ukraine. The Kirovograd State Pedagogical Academy serves around 300 students, with linguistic and psychology faculties. In addition, the academy’s students provide translation services for surrounding schools and visiting foreigners. The building was […]
Location Cabuya Arriba de Anton, Cocle, Panama Community Description Cabuya Arriba is a small mountain town in the district of Anton, province of Cocle. Most of the 700 community members are farmers. The water source for Cabuya Arriba is a mountain stream at an altitude of 850 meters. The community has a gravity feed system […]
Location Kayemor, Nioro du Rip, Kaolack region, Senegal Community Description Kayemor, a village of about 2,000 residents, is located just north of The Gambia in the department of Nioro du Rip and Kaolack region in Senegal. The primary language and ethnic group is Wolof, followed by Pulaar. Located 18 kilometers from a paved road, Kayemor […]
Location La Penda, Blanco Arriba Municipality, Hermanas Mirabal Province, Dominican Republic Community Description Located in the Cordillera Septentrional mountain range, La Penda is predominately a farming community consisting of 96 homes and 373 residents set along a two-mile dilapidated dirt and rock road. The majority of houses are constructed of a three foot high concrete […]
Location Romny, Sumska, Ukraine Community Description Romny is the rayon center in the Sumska oblast in northern-central Ukraine. It is a city of approximately 50,000 people, and is over 1200 years old. Romny has been an important part of the region, serving as a military, cultural and economic center in various capacities throughout its history. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Erica Locher. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install an electric water pump at the primary school in order to pump water from the school’s well into an above-ground tank. Erica reports: The first step […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Darlene Grant. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to replace the broken solar-powered water pump at the orphanage. Darlene reports: The pump arrived in Phnom Penh on Saturday, Nov. 27, was transported 5 1/2 hours to […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Keiko Valente. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to bring water from the school well to six bathrooms on the Hun Sen Boribo Lower and Upper Secondary School grounds. Keiko reports: There is now running water […]
Location Soumdina-Bas, Soumdina canton, Kozah prefecture, Togo. Community Description Soumdina-Bas is a rural community of 4,000 people located on a partially paved road, 15 kilometers from the regional capital city of Kara. The village is at the base of small mountains, from which the people of Soumdina-Bas came originally. There are six smaller villages that […]