Location Manatta Village, Ol’Kalou Constituency, Nyandaru District, Central Province, Kenya Community Description Manatta is a rural village in the Rurii district, with the households made up primarily of farmers and low-income families. Priority is not given to education and many children are taken out of school early to work on the farms of their families. […]
Location Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The project community is a large industrial city of 700,000. Krivoy Rog has one of the highest rates within Ukraine of new HIV infections each year. Many of these infected people include youth who have been born with HIV. The Krivoy Rog Tuberculosis Hospital #2 serves about […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Brett Werkheiser. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a latrine for the girls, install a rainwater catchment system, and build several handwashing stations. Brett reports: The project has been completed according to plan. Although there […]
Location Barangay Lubas, La Trinidad Municipality, Benguet Province, Island of Luzon, Philippines Community Description Lubas, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines is a small community with about 2,000 residents. People are mainly farmers, and it is a big struggle for them to send their kids to school. Thus, students go to school with a very minimal allowance, […]
Location Ol’Kalou, Central Province, Kenya Community Description The community comprised within the Mugumo Primary School and Mwihoti Secondary School districts are primarily Kikuyu. The Kikuyu tribe is majority made up of substance farmers. The families in this district mostly grow and harvest cash crops such as corn and potatoes which makes up their entire income. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Steven Klimberg. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the toilet facilities and drainage system at the school. Steven reports: We finished the project. After picking up the funds, people form the local Rotary and I […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Danae Olsen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the bathroom for teachers at the school. Danae reports: We have completed the water sanitation project at our school. The teacher’s bathroom is now equipped with running […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Cynden Amrose. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the bathroom of School #5 by repairing the pipes and installing new fixtures. Cynden reports: The project has been completed according to plan. We took time to […]
Location Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Melitopol is a city of 160,000 people, the second largest city in the Zaporizhia Oblast, located in southeastern Ukraine. The city was founded in 1784 by a decree of Empress Catherine II. As part of the Soviet Union, the city quickly became a major center of trade revolving […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Maureen Hessel. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to repair the water pump, provide piping to the school kitchen, and add 3 water taps. Maureen reports: The Tumani Tenda Primary School had not been able to access […]