Location Bila Krynytsia, Rivnenska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The Village of Bila Krynytsia is located in northwestern Ukraine in Rivnenska Oblast, about 15 kilometers east of Rivne, the oblast center. The village is home to approximately 3,000 people, five small shops, a post office, an administration building, a school, a church, and a Cultural Building. […]
Location Sambande, Kaolack, Senegal Community Description Sambande is a small Seereer village of 500 people located 20 kilometers south of Kaolack and several kilometers from the nearest paved road. There is no electricity and the main source of income for the village is peanut and millet farming. In the center of the village is the […]
Location Guangaje Centro, Guangaje, Cotopaxi, Ecuador Community Description Guangaje Centro is the second largest community in the parish of Guangaje, in the central Ecuadorean province of Cotopaxi. Guangaje Centro lies in the center of the mountainous parish, at approximately 3,700 meters, and is populated entirely by indigenous, kichwa-speaking people. The community is an hour and […]
Location Nongyarangka, Ponetong, Chaiyaphum, North-East Region, Thailand Community Description Ponetong is located approx 215 miles northeast of Bangkok in the province of Chaiyaphum. It sits 7 km outside the city of Chaiyaphum in the area known as Issan on the Koret Plateau. Nongyarangka is comprised of two villages containing approx 1800 people. It is a […]
Location Bang Phai, Phichit, Thailand Community Description Bang Phai is a small village of 1,900 people, located in the southern part of Northern Thailand. It is about 5 hours north of Bangkok, Thailand. The community has running water. However, it is the local river water that is piped into the water stations and then throughout […]
This project has been successfully completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer T.D. Nguyen. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the restrooms of the Primary School of Village 1 Ban Sub Noi. T.D. reports: The four-stall restroom at the primary school of Village 1 was renovated […]
Location Iztat, Khoukhate, Caid Itzer, Circle Midelt, Province de Khenifra, Morocco Community Description Iztat is one of the small “douars” in the village of Khoukhate, a village that relies almost exclusively on agriculture and sheep herding for its survival. Khoukhate is located in the Middle Atlas region of Morocco in the shadow of the Eastern […]
Location Saly Escale, Koungheul, Kaffrine, Senegal Community Description Saly Escale is in the District of Koungheul, Region of Kaffrine, Senegal. It is located approximately 20 km southwest of the capital of the ‘Département de Koungheul.’ Despite it’s designation as the capital of the ‘Communauté Rurale de Saly,’ the village remains financially depressed. Currently, only a […]
Location Dacia, Falesti, Falesti District, Ukraine Community Description Falesti boasts a population of approximately 18,000 residents, although an estimated 5,000 citizens left the town to the capital or other countries in search of better work and educational opportunities. There is high unemployment and an average local income is approximately $150 per month. Many families have […]
Location Cyahinda Sector, Southern Province, Rwanda Community Description Cyahinda is a small sector located in the Southern Province of Rwanda near the border of Burundi. The sector is part of the only district in Rwanda without electricity, and is quite isolated from the nearest towns. 90% of citizens are subsistence farmers, surviving solely on what […]