Location Karugutu Village, Olkalou District, Central Province, Kenya Community Description Mawingu consists of a total population of 14,418 and roughly 3,002 households. It is extremely remote, and the people are poverty-stricken. There are five surrounding villages. Many IDPs (internally displaced people) migrated to the Mawingu area and the government bought them a plot of land […]
Location Izmail, Izmail Region, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The city of Izmail is located at the southern tip of Odes’ka Oblast on the Danube River bordering Romania. It is the largest port city on the Danube in Ukraine with a long history with the Navy. It prides itself in a diverse community of Ukrainian, […]
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 […]
Location Tumani Tenda, Kombo East District, West Coast Region, The Gambia Community Description Tumani Tenda is a rural community located in The Gambia, West Africa, with around 400 inhabitants, including 180 children under the age of 18. Tumani Tenda is a farming and fishing community, located on a tributary of The River Gambia. The Tumani […]
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 purchase and install a Grundfos submersible pump to bring water from the borehole to the community center. Maureen reports: The project has been satisfactorily completed according to the […]
Location Nema, Brikama, West Coast Region, The Gambia Community Description Brikama is a largely agricultural town, located approximately 20 km from the capital Banjul, with a population of more than 60,000 residents representing 8 different tribes. Due to its size, Brikama has been divided into 24 different wards. Nema, one of the wards located on […]
Location Diara Pont, Kedougou, Senegal Community Description Diara Pont is a small rural community 75 km west of Kedougou in southeastern Senegal. Over the three sectors of the community (Bow Pella, Diara Pont, and Gure Lingere), there are 45 compounds, with about 200 people. The vast majority of residents are farmers, with a few men […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jackie Allen. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build and install 45 “tippy-tappy” handwashing stations, one for each compound in the community. Jackie reports: The Diara Pont health worker, whose wife presented the project idea to […]