Location Patar Lia, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Patar Lia is a rural community of 371 people, located about 10 kilometers off the Route National near the small town of Gossas. It is made up mostly of subsistence farmers who spend the rainy season growing peanuts and millet in the fields surrounding the village. Many of […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Byron Yee. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to construct two latrines on the grounds of the Ecole Karang Soce primary school. Byron reports: The materials were purchased on June 12, with the “opening ceremony” on […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Tomas Pickering. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to increase the depth of the borehole in Gome Village, and improve it so as to provide water year-round. The materials were purchased, and the work was done […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Judy Summers. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was designed to protect and improve two shallow wells in the Kanjiwa area. Judy reports: The wells were pumped out, cleared of debris, and chlorination was added to sanitize […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Megan Thompson. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a well, to be used as a source of potable water for the village and as a year-round source of water for gardening. Megan reports: The […]
Location San Francisco La Unión, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Community Description San Francisco La Unión is a municipality of 7,286 inhabitants located just north of Olintepeque in the department of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands. The community is largely made up of indigenous Guatemalans and K’iche’ is commonly spoken, although nearly everyone also speaks Spanish. The community […]
This project has been successfully completed, under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Elliot Grochal. To see the history of the project CLICK HERE. The project was to construct 50 family latrines in Bagou. According to Elliot, all of the latrines were completed in accordance with the specifications. By way of background, Elliot reports: Before […]
Location Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand Community Description Nong Gae School serves students from four small villages in rural Northeast Thailand. The area of these villages comprises roughly 165 households, nearly all of which rely on rice farming for their primary income. These villages are connected to the outside world by gravel roads, and their rice-based […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Kara Estep. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build two pairs of latrines at a very-heavily used children’s camp in Arkhangai Province, Mongolia. In actuality, we were able to achieve much more than we […]
This is a project to build a rainwater catchment system and ferro-cement tank in the village of Gregório, municipality of Queimadas, state of Bahia, in Brazil. Gregorio village has 321 families, comprised of 1100 inhabitants. Queimadas has 16,000 residents. The villagers suffer from water shortages and are dependent on water trucks that come to deliver […]