Location Portland Cottage, Jamaica Community Description Portland Cottage is a rural community of 5,000 people, located in the southern parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. The terrain is flat and the infrastructure is very poor. The people of the community rely on fishing, employment at the sugar factory, and other informal employment for meager pay. Most families […]
Location This project is being implemented in a rural farming community in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Community Description The main occupation of the community is farming. Because of the short rainy season, there are severe problems of food shortage and malnutrition, resulting in high infant mortality. Project Description This project, administered by the […]
Location Municipality of San Pedro Nonualco, Department of La Paz, El Salvador, Central America Community Description This project will be done in the main town of the municipality, San Pedro Nonualco. The town is nestled in the skirt of a dormant volcano. The main subsistence of the inhabitants is in coffee, basic grain, and orange/fruit […]
Location Central Malawi, Southeast Africa Community Description This community in the central part of Malawi has a population of about 23,000 people. The Health Center, a part of the Malawi Ministry of Health, provides the population with outpatient care, maternity and delivery, well care to children under 5, family planning, and HIV testing and counseling. […]
Location Kwa Kolumba Market, Kilisa Village, Kenya Community Description Kilisa Village is made up of approximately 1000 people in 140 households. Project Description This project will finish a previously started undertaking to bring piped water from the local river to the market. The project has undergone various setbacks, including the failure of the government to […]
Katie McKenna is completing her Peace Corps service in Guatemala, and returning to the United States to continue her education, her career, and her life. We are extremely grateful to her, not only for the work that she did, but for the inspiration she has given us In all, 91 latrines were completed. The project […]