Location Aldea Parraxchaj, San Bartolo Aguas Calientes, Totonicapán, Guatemala Community Description The Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Chonimabaj is a small rural school located in a poor agricultural community in the department of Totonicapán, in the Guatemalan highlands. The community is majority Maya K’iche’ and speak both the indigenous language and Spanish. The school has 6 […]
This project is the third project to be implemented under the Water Charity Ferro-Cement Tanks for the Dominican Republic and Haiti Program. It calls for the construction of a 50,000-liter Ferro-cement tank for water storage to serve the community of La Colorada Arriba, Dominican Republic. It is the largest and most ambitious undertaking, and offers significant […]
Location Jachaspampa and San Pedro communities, Huayllan District, Pomabamba Province, Ancash Department, Peru Community Description Jachaspampa and San Pedro, with populations of 102 and 162 people respectively, are two of 16 small farming annexes of Huayllan. Both communities are entirely dependent on subsistence farming, mainly potato and wheat products. Both communities are highly impoverished and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Emily McKeone. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. We would like to thank Emily once again for executing this fine project, and for her continuing work with us via her Water For Zambia organization and our joint Water For Zambia Program. We worked […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Emily McKeone. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. We would like to thank Emily once again for executing this fine project, and for her continuing work with us via her Water For Zambia organization and our joint Water For Zambia Program. We worked […]
Location Caserio La Peña, Municipio Metapán, Departamento Santa Ana, El Salvador Community Description La Peña is a town consisting of 33 houses and 191 people. The majority of the population is under the age of 29. The population is 100% Catholic, and people attend church twice a week. Most people in the town over the […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Gregory Cormier. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to establish a water supply and storage system at the church and at the school. Gregory reports: We purchased two tanks for water storage in La Peña and we […]
This is a follow-up to two great projects completed in recent years in partnership with Safe Passage, a nonprofit operating in Guatemala City, to provide for the clean water needs of those living and working in Central America’s largest landfill, the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. These garbage dump workers spend long days sorting through trash […]
Location Daga Soukoum, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Daga Soukoum is a small village in the Djilor area, department of Foundiougne, region of Fatick, Senegal. It has a total of 222 people living in 13 homesteads with 34 households or families. The name of the village chief is Omar Guissé. The community has no electricity or […]
This project, to build ten simple pit latrines in the village, has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Mary Haviland. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. Mary Reports: All the supplies were bought from local hardware stores and transported to the village. The cement and pipes were […]