National Peace Corps Association

Potrero Reduccion Bathroom Project – Paraguay

Potrero Reduccion is a community located in central Paraguay, about 5 kilometers from the town of Itape and about 25 kilometers from Villarrica. The only school in the community lacks running water and a bathroom. Teachers and students must retrieve water and use a latrine a distance from the school. This project is to provide […]

Conclusion of Potrero Reduccion Bathroom Project – Paraguay

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Adam Montgomery. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to provide the school with running water and a bathroom. Adam reports: The overall goal was to improve the bathroom facility and water accessibility in a local school in […]

Maluti Adventist Hospital Water Project – Lesotho

Location Mapoteng, Lesotho Community Description In the countryside of Lesotho, where over 70 percent of Lesotho’s people fight over nine percent of arable land, subsistence farming, on which the people depend, has diminished in recent years. Alternate floods and droughts have reduced farmers’ yields to a bare minimum, leaving more than a quarter of the […]

Conclusion of Maluti Adventist Hospital Water Project – Lesotho

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Terry Ellard. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install collection pipes in the seasonal water catchment reservoir to allow for the filling of storage tanks for the dry season. Terry reports: The project began with the […]

Conclusion of Farakan Dougoutigila Pump Repair Project – Mali

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Ryan Torpie. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to repair the only pump in the village. Ryan reports: The sole pump in Farakan Dougoutigila has been repaired. The project itself was straightforward: to replace the broken cylinder […]

Boustane Diaw Latrine Project – Senegal

Location Boustane Diaw, Patar Lia, Ouadiour, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Boustane Diaw is a small rural village in the Gossas area, within the community of Patar Lia, in the arrondissement of Ouadiour, region of Fatick, Senegal. It is part of a three-village cluster and has a population of about 200 people. They live in 12 […]

Yarkovskaya School Water Purification Project – Ukraine

Location Yarkoye, Crimea, Ukraine Community Description Yarkoye is a village in Crimea consisting of just over 2,000 people. Many people in the village make a living through what they grow on their farms. 220 students attend Yarkovskaya School from the first to the eleventh grade. There are 38 employees at the school, including 24 teachers. […]

Conclusion of Boustane Diop Latrine Project – Senegal

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Albert Vang. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build 7 pit-style, brick-lined latrines in the Boustane Diop. Albert reports: With the experience of prior latrine projects, the project went smoothly. During the month prior to starting […]