This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Lewis Kiker. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a public latrine for the community center. Lewis reports: The latrine at the Nhlulweni KaGogo Center is up and functioning! The community really came together to construct […]
Location Caserio Los Perez, Aldea Patzac, Santa Apolonia, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Community Description The high rural Guatemalan community of Los Perez only recently acquired the formal status of caserio (village). The community is located at 2,500 meters of elevation (approx. 8,100 feet), and is home to 20 families, who are all mostly interrelated. Most adults have […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Dercum Over. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a bathroom with 3 flush toilets. Dercum reports: The community of Los Perez has successfully completed the project of replacing the dangerous latrines in their elementary school […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Rachel Logsdon. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install a water purification system in the cafeteria of Yarkovskaya School. Rachel reports: After the funds were received, a representative of the school and I visited a local […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer McKinze Cook. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to bring clean water to the nursery and remedy a number of sanitation problems. McKinze reports: Hello! The Akhaltsikhe Nursery #1 Water Project is complete! In all honesty it’s […]
Location Akhaltsikhe, Akhaltsikhe municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Georgia Community Description Akhaltsikhe is a small city of 30,000 people and the regional center of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Samtskhe-Javakheti is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse areas in the Caucasus and has a large Armenian population. The area is very conservative in nature and its people struggle with […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Greg Patterson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to implement a number of simple steps to improve the sanitation of the school. Greg reports: I am pleased to report that the project has been completed. The plan […]
Location Ban Sawang, Province of Sakon Nakon, North Eastern Thailand Community Description Ban Sawang is located in North-Eastern Thailand, in the region referred to as Isan, approximately 50 miles from the Laos border. Ban Sawang is a small village of 524 people in the poorest area of Thailand. It is a rice farming community that […]
Location Koumpentoum, Tambacounda Region, Senegal, West Africa Community Description Koumpentoum is a bustling municipality and district capital of 10,000 inhabitants. The town in located in the hot, arid climate of the Tambacounda region, experiencing some of the hottest temperatures in the world. Located 100 kilometers west of the regional capital of Tambacounda, Koumpentoum serves as […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jillian Husman. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a manual crank pump and two basins in the community garden of Les Amis de Tous. Jillian reports: The objective of this project was to create an […]