This is a part of a larger project to improve a school kitchen and cafeteria. Our participation will be to provide new fixtures and improve the plumbing and drainage system. This school, in partnership with the community and the Mayor’s office, has previously completed a number of capacity-building projects, including providing new bathroom facilities. School […]
Location Arvikheer City, Uvurkhangai Aimag, Mongolia Community Description Arvikheer Soum has a growing population of about 25, 000 people. In Mongolia, Aimags are the first-level administrative subdivision (Provinces). Each Aimag is again subdivided into Sums (Districts). Secondary School Number One of Arvikheer Soum, Uvurkhangai Aimag has a student body of 2,500. It is the oldest […]
Location Cotova, district Drochia, Moldova Community Description Cotova is a village of approximately 4,000 residents located in Northern Moldova, about thirty kilometers from the Ukrainian border. This area experiences cold winters and mild, pleasant summers. Snow usually begins sometime in November, staying on the ground until at least late January. Cotova is blessed with fertile, […]
Location Ngoma Lower Primary School, Kavango Region, Namibia, Africa. Community Description The school is located in a rural village 70 km west of Rundu in the Kavango Region of Namibia. Due to the lack of a latrine, teachers and learners walk up to half an hour to use the bush toilet. This current practice promotes […]
Location Ban NaAng, Nongbualamphu Province, Thailand Community Description Ban NaAng is a rural village in Northeastern Thailand. The village consists mostly of rice farmers, who supplement their low monthly income by growing vegetables, raising chickens for meat and eggs, catching fish, and harvesting rice. They also make rice baskets and weave grass mats. There are […]
This project will provide latrines for 316 students at a village primary school in Tanzania. It is being administered by Peace Corps Volunteer J. Meigel, of New York. School students currently do not have adequate sanitation facilities, relying on a drop toilet made of local organic materials, or going outside the school. The students, and […]
This project is to rehabilitate the aqueduct system that provides water to this community in Panama, and to construct 22 pit latrines. It is being administered by Peace Corps Volunteer M. Butterton, of North Carolina. The original aqueduct was built in 1985 and consists of a simple spring box, tank, and gravity-fed PVC tube system. […]
To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. This project was completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Asahi Wada. Using a tried and proven technology widely used in the region, water filters were purchased and distributed to a segment of the community that had previously been overlooked. Asahi reports: The distribution […]
To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. This project was successfully carried out, on schedule and within budget, under the direction of Payton Phillips Garcia and Jeff Gould. The project enjoyed the total support of the community, clinic staff, and all levels of government. It began with an approval of the design […]
Location Shulinab Village in the South Central Rupununi region in Guyana, near the border of Brazil. Community Description Shulinab is an Amerindian village in the South Central Rupununi with a population of approximately 500 people. The community has an active village council, Parent Teachers and Friends Association, and a development organization called the South Central […]