Location Vynnyky, Ukraine Community Description The Vynnyky Sanatorium Secondary Boarding School is home to 220 orphans and social orphans. Fourteen are orphans and ten are special needs children. All of the children have tubercle bacillus, but they are not ill. Most of the children are from poor families where the parents are ill with tuberculosis. […]
Location Candelaria, Sociedad Morazan, El Salvador Community Description Candelaria is a rural town in northeast El Salvador in the department of Morazan. It has a population of about 1000, and an economy based on small-scale farming and cattle. Within the community, there is a school for kindergarten to ninth grade, Centro Escolar Canton Candelaria Codigo […]
Location Saré Sara, Bagadaji, Dabo, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Saré Sara is a small Pular village along the road in the southern Senegalese region of Kolda, about twenty kilometers outside of Kolda, the regional capital. Spread across its sixty-one compounds is a population of approximately 450 people. Of that, 22% are adult men, 21% are […]
This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Emma Gring. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to rebuild a concrete tap that was in disrepair, and connect it to the water source. Emma reports: The completed Saburunduru and Kinyaga Villages Water Project was extremely […]
Location Ker Ngornyan, North Bank Region, The Gambia Community Description Ker Ngornyan is a small village of about 400 people on the main road. The people are farmers who mostly grow groundnuts, coos, and sesame. Some people are keeping livestock including cows. At least two farmers are making good efforts in tree planting. The main […]
This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lisa Melendy. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to provide crucial components necessary to complete the water system project already underway to serve the rescue and community center. It amply demonstrates the Water Charity principle that […]
Vaipu’a is a beautiful village on Savai’i Island in Western Samoa. The Vaipu’a and Fogasavaii Primary School serves 180 to 200 students from both villages, and is staffed by 8 teachers. The project is to plant and provide irrigation for sixty fruit trees within the Primary School’s campus fence for the benefit of the students. […]
Location Basse Santa Su, Fuladu District, Upper River Region, The Gambia Community Description Basse Santa Su is located in the Upper River Region of the Gambia, which is the furthest region from the capital city of Bangul. Although Basse is a regional capital, it has taken many years for the inhabitants to see the development […]
Location Sub District Piman, District Nakae, Province Nakhon Phanom, Thailand Community Description Ban Bak Bang is a rural community in the northeast province of Nakhon Phanom Thailand. The village is comprised of 176 houses/families totaling more than 850 people and is located approximately 25 kilometers from the Mekong River, which is the Thailand-Laos border. Bak […]
This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Diana Wong. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to connect the village’s main clean water supply, to 6 outlets on the school premises. The school was able to accomplish much more within the allocated budget. Peace […]