This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to place a second water pump in the Faraba Moringa Garden to enable the women’s group that works there to start its own vegetable garden. […]
This project was completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Pilar Lyons. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to build 30 improved latrines in a rural Minianka village. Pilar reports: The latrine project has been completed. The initial phase involved the purchase of the brick mold in […]
This project is part of our 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks Program, being implemented by Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the program and follow its progress, CLICK HERE. Location Faraba, Kolda, Senegal Community Description Smack in the middle of two villages is a vast stretch of farmland. About 95 […]
Location Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Melitopol is a city of about 160,000 people located in Southeastern Ukraine. During the era of the Soviet Union, the city had a robust economy defined by a booming engineering and automobile industry. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the city has fallen on hard times and […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jesse Coker. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to build a 20,000 liter water tank at the school. Jesse reports: We have completed our water tank! The project went very well, with the kids always eager […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Marcie reports: We’ve explained the process of installing pumps in great detail many times, so with this install going so smoothly we thought we’d take extra time to […]
Location Chum Kiri district, Kampot province, Cambodia Community Description Chum Kiri, founded in 1993, is the newest and poorest district in the southern province of Kampot. Khmer Rouge forces did not concede defeat in this area until as late as 1998. Due to the prolonged hostilities in the region, development has been extraordinarily slow compared […]
Location Kashongi Trading Center, Kiruhura District, Uganda Community Description The Kashongi Trading Center is located in Southwest Uganda, with a population of about 200. Kashongi Sub County suffers due to a lack of water at a greater level than the rest of Uganda. While on average safe water coverage is 55 percent, in rural Uganda […]
This project is build a new spring water catchment box and retaining wall to serve the communities of El Pital and Las Tablas. The work will be implemented by El Pital ADESCO and Comite de Agua under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jessica Henry. Caserios El Pital and Las Tablas are home to about […]
This project is part of our 52 Pumps in 52 Weeks Program, being implemented by Peace Corps Volunteers Marcie Todd and Garrison Harward. To read about the program and follow its progress, CLICK HERE. Location Faraba, Senegal Community Description Meet Mamadou Barry, Abou and Jacob. Mamadou Barry has a huge passion for Senegal and particularly […]