Location Siem Reap Province, Cambodia Community Description Caring for Cambodia (CFC) is a nonprofit, non-governmental, charitable organization committed to ensuring a high-quality education for 6,400 children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. In partnership with the Cambodian government, it provides education for children from preschool through grade 12. CFC operates at 5 campuses in Siem Reap. Each […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Michael Escobar. This project was designed to build nine 10,000-liter cisterns, while training community members on construction techniques, building home gardens, water-saving practices, and the impacts of climate change. The project far exceeded expectations! To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. […]
The project to build a well to provide for the water needs of the Frumuşica High School has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Aana Barabas. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. Aana reports: My Story At the local high school, there were a number of cases of communicable […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Shule ya Tanga, Songea District, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania Community Description Shule ya Tanga is located in Songea district, Ruvuma region on the Njombe road (B4 road). Its entirety is composed of a little more than 9,000 people […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Boiram, The Gambia Community Description The country of The Gambia, which surrounds The River Gambia, has a population of 1,882,450 people. Of the five regions, the Janjangbureg region in Central River Region and the Basse Local Government […]
Location Mt. Airy District, Mocho Mountains, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica Community Description Mt. Airy is a small rural upland farming community in the Mocho Mountains of Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. The widespread mining for bauxite (used to make aluminum) in the last half of the 20th century has destroyed much of the prime agricultural land. This, coupled […]
Location Dang Tung Commune, Dang Tung District, Kampot Province, Cambodia Community Description Dang Tung District, Kampot Province is a fairly young district that was created with pieces of Kampong Trach District and Chouk District in 1986. Because the road to it was until recently quite bad, there is very little presence of NGOs in the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) David Engleman, with the help of fellow-PCV Josh Hunter and others. To read about the start of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to add a bio-sand filter and storage tank to the existing water storage tank. The goal was to […]
The two bathroom projects have been completed. To read about the start of the Bun Ranny Hun Sen High School Bathroom Project 1 – Cambodia, CLICK HERE. To read about the start of the Bun Ranny Hun Sen High School Bathroom Project 2 – Cambodia, CLICK HERE. The first project was to build a girl’s bathroom at Building […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Mohammad Ashique. This project was designed to repair the 2 restrooms located at the north end of the Avni Rustami Primary School. The repairs were to include 10 toilets, 4 in the boys’ restroom and 6 in the girls’ restroom. Five sinks were […]