Location Boribo, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia Community Description Boribo district is a small district town in the Kampong Chhnang province of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It is comprised of nine communes. It is located about 120 kilometers, or 2.5 hours northwest of Phnom Pehn city. Boribo has a fairly well-known market, known as Ponley Psah, […]
Location Sukutto, Tambacounda Region, Senegal Community Description Sukutto is a small farming community of 1,000 inhabitants in the southeastern part of the Region of Tambacounda. It is located in the Communite Rural of Dialacoto at the entrance of the National Park, Niakola Koba. The villagers are very hardworking, organized, and motivated to accomplish community development […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Mary Haviland. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to improve the water and sanitation of the school latrines, provide a cover for the well, and set up drinking water sanitation stations inside each classroom. Mary reports: […]
This project is to build a new well which will provide potable water for community use, and also yield water for the irrigation of the community garden. The project village, Saly Escale, is the capital of the ‘Communauté Rurale de Saly.’ Saly Escale is located approximately 20 km southwest of the capital of the ‘Département […]
Location Pangpang, Sorsogon City, Bicol region, Philippines Community Description Sorsogon City is a second-class city in Sorsogon, Philippines. It is the capital city of the province of Sorsogon and is located at the southernmost tip of Luzon. For this reason, Sorsogon City is well known for being a “gateway” to the southern Philippines”. Sorsogon City […]
Location Prey Veng, Cambodia Community Description Prey Veng is the most densely populated province in Cambodia. It is located to the East of the country’s capital, Phnom Penh, and despite its name, “long forest”, mainly consists of rice fields and wide-open flat terrain. Most of Prey Veng’s residents are farmers and subsistence rice farmers. Prey […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Elisa Law. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to plant and provide irrigation for sixty fruit trees at the Vaipu’a and Fogasavaii Primary School. Elisa reports: I am ecstatic to announce that the fruit trees have […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Paul Levy. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to reconstruct three latrines at the Guia Primary School. Paul reports: I am writing to inform you of the completion of the Guia Primary School latrine reparation and […]
Location Izmail, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine Community Description With 75,000 citizens, Izmail is approximately 160 km directly south of Odessa at the mouth of the Danube River Delta and is the southern-most city in West Central Ukraine. The Romanian border is just across the river. Throughout history, this region has been very strategically important as a […]
Location Ban Huay Lue Luang, Muang District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand Community Description Ban Huay Lue Luang is located in the Mae Yao District of Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. This village of 96 members is of Lahu ethnicity, a “hilltribe” spread throughout the northernmost part of Thailand, mostly in mountainous or hilly areas. Ban Huay […]