This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Erica Matsumoto. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to repair the broken community water pump, and to replace the piping needed to reach safe drinking water. Erica reports: The El Limon Well Project was successfully completed. 93 […]
Location Radionovka, Ukraine Community Description Radionovka is a small village of 1,500 people, located near the most polluted city in all of Europe, Kryvy Rog, Ukraine. The community does not have running water. However it has local river water piped into water stations throughout the village for local use. The water in the water stations […]
Location El Limon, Santa Rosa de Lima, La Union, El Salvador Community Description The community of El Limon is a small village in the hot, dry lands of El Salvador’s eastern most department of La Union. Nestled within the municipality of Santa Rosa de Lima, this community is extremely accessible, as it runs parallel along […]
Location Mwamba Village and Muchilingua Village, Northern Province, Zambia Community Description Mwamba Village is located 27 km northwest of Kasama in the Northern Province of Zambia. The Mwamba Village Clinic serves Mwamba and the 13 surrounding villages, with a combined total of over 5000 people. Currently there are no functioning water pumps in the village […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Sajay Menon. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to repair pumps in and around the village. Sajay reports: The Mwamba Muchilingwa Pump Project was meant to fix three boreholes, to provide safe drinking water for a catchment […]
Location Kyamue Village, Kiteta Location Kiteta Division, Mbooni East District, Eastern Province, Kenya Community Description Kyamue Village is located in the lower half of Eastern Province in Kenya. The area is referred to as Ukambani because it is largely inhabited by the Akamba tribe. The Lower Eastern Province of Kenya consists of mostly semi-arid areas […]
Location Division 5, Choibalsan, Dornod, Mongolia Community Description Choibalsan is the aimag center (provincial capital) of Dornod, the easternmost province of Mongolia. Choibalsan is 664 kilometers east of the Mongolian national capital, Ulaanbaatar. Division 5 is situated in an abandoned Soviet military base nine kilometers outside of Choibalsan. It was a Russian military base until […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Bob Figlock. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to refurbish the existing deep well to provide water for the families of Division 5 and for the kindergarten. Bob reports: It’s been just under a year since the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Daniel Branch. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a community well at the school in Andrenilaivelo. Daniel reports: The well project in Andrenilaivelo has been completed. The process went as follows: First a hole 1 […]
Location Barrio San Juan, Chinameca, San Miguel, El Salvador Community Description Chinameca is located in eastern El Salvador within the Sierra Tecapa-Chinameca range in the department of San Miguel. The city is located on the northern slope of Cerro El Limbo at an elevation of 580 meters above sea level. Chinameca is 19.1 km west […]