Location Izmail, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Izmail is a small city of 80,000 people, located approximately 160 km south of Odessa at the mouth of the Danube River Delta. It is home to an internationally protected wildlife, plant and nature preserve. Izmail is the largest Ukrainian port on the Danube, with direct access to […]
Location Group Village Billy, Traditional Authority Liwonde, Machinga District, Malawi Community Description Machinga District is located in the Southern Region of Malawi. Namandanje Health Center (NHC) provides primary medical care to 3,756 households situated along Machinga District’s Namandanje River. NHC currently has only one water tower, which does not satisfy its current water demand. NHC’s […]
This is a follow-up to the great project completed last year in partnership with Safe Passage, a Guatemala-based NGO. To read about that project, CLICK HERE. The population to be served is a portion of the 3,000 people who live and work in Central America’s largest landfill, the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. These people spend […]
Peace Corps Volunteer Amanda Wybot concluded the Fodé Bayo Health Hut Well – Senegal on schedule and within budget. To read about the beginning of this report, CLICK HERE. Her final report is so complete and descriptive, we are left with nothing more than to convey to her our heartfelt gratitude for a spectacular job, […]
This is a project to build composting latrines in Santa Apolonia, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. It is being carried out under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Ellen Ostrow. In the municipality of Santa Apolonia, Ellen works with two rural agricultural communities, Chuaparal I—an indigenous population—and Cojulya—a primarily Ladino population. Over half of the 47 families in […]
To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Bailey Shook, A Community Health Volunteer. Working directly with Rwenzori Empowerment Center-Kasese (RECKLAS), a local organization that provides services to community members in Kasese who are physically disabled, she was able to oversee […]
To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. This project was successfully completed under the direction of Dave Bowker, PCV, on August 28, 2009. We pre-fund these critical projects, so that they can be started at once and completed quickly to serve the needs of the community. Your donations are still needed to […]