This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Christiane Ochoa. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was originally conceived to build a well and to install two pumps. The well was dug, but, because of budgetary difficulties, only one pump was installed. Christiane reports: The […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Emily Getty. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a community bathroom in a public building in Peresecina. Emily reports: The Public Bathroom Project in Peresecina, Moldova has been successfully completed! Upon receiving the money, […]
Location Andonaka, Nosy Varika Commune/District, Vatovavy Fitovinanay Region, Madagascar Community Description The village of Andonaka is located on the east coast of Madagascar, 12 km west of the commune and district capital Nosy Varika. Accessible only by boat on the Canal de Pangalanes from the north and south for 80 km Nosy Varika is one […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Teena Curry. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to purchase and install a water pump for use by the members of the local farmers association. Teena reports: The president of Fanilo, the farmer’s association in Antsakoana, […]
Location Rusinga Island East, Mbita District, Homa Bay County, Nyanza Province, Kenya Community Description Rusinga Island East is primarily a subsistence farming and goat raising economy. Waware Mixed Day Secondary School serves 350 students. It is a struggle for most of the parents/guardians to raise the school fees required by the school. However, the school […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Maya Rao. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to build two wells for public use by the community and to carry out health education targeted at mothers and children concerning proper hygiene, sanitation and disease prevention. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Brendan Keegan. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide the school’s youngest students with sanitary facilities by renovating a restroom at the school. Brendan reports: We finished the bathroom project funded by Appropriate Projects. The […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jeremy Mak. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was designed to secure access to clean water for Choya, Si Kunda, and Kalikajara Villages by installing 3 Blue Pumps. Although the beneficiary communities changed over time, the result […]
Location Zanabahona I, Commune Rurale Imito, Fandriana district, Amoron’i Mania region, Madagascar Community Description The village of Imito is located 224 km south of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. It is a mountain town, not easily accessible by the national road, and by all means very rural—there is no electricity or running water, and the […]
Location Antsakoana, Amparafaravola District, Madagascar Community Description Antsakoana is a small town north of the town Amparafaravola located in the Eastern part of Madagascar. Antsakoana is one of 20 communes in District Amparafaravola. Rice fields make up most of the land in this region where there are 120,000 hectares of rice fields, with 15 hectares […]