This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Bowker. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. Dave reports: The school in the rural village of Sonte Alta Verapaz, Guatemala now has a functioning system that allows children to wash their hands and brush their teeth within school […]
This project uses an agricultural technology known as alley cropping. Trees are planted in alleys and alternated with crops to improve soil quality, improve water retention, prevent erosion, provide wood for fodder and fuel, prevent deforestation, eliminate much labor and thus make a sustainable system of agriculture. A local river will provide water for needed […]
Location Kinyaga Village, Cyahinda Sector, Southern Province, Rwanda Community Description The villages of Saburunduru and Kinyaga in the Sector of Cyahinda lie atop a mountain in the Southern Province of Rwanda, near the Burundian border. Geographically stunning, but without electricity, none of the households have access to running water. Cyahinda is very rural and quite […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Serena Parcell. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project resulted in the conversion of a local naturally-occurring well into a functioning tap. Serena reports: On Wednesday, the 19th of May, we officially opened the completed water project in […]
Location Katima Village, Ntchisi District, Malawi Community Description Katima Village is a small rural village in central Malawi. The people are subsistence farmers who grow their food needs and raise some tobacco and soya for their cash needs. Chitunda Primary School, located in Katima Village, has 625 children who attend from the surrounding villages. A […]
Location Thmar Puok, Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia Community Description Thmar Puok District town is located in the northwest Province of Banteay Meanchey 50 kilometers north of the Provincial Capital of Serei Sophon. One of the biggest concerns for people in Thmar Puok is the shortage of water. In the dry season, sanitation decreases because of the […]
Location Mbul Waly, Fatick, Senegal Community Description Mbul Waly is a small village in the Djilor area. It has a total of 124 people living in 10 homesteads with 12 households or families. There is no electricity or running water in the village, which is located 4 km away from the nearest paved road. The […]
Location Arkhangai province, Mongolia Community Description The Arkhangai province is located in the central-west region of Mongolia. The population is 89,331. and of this, it is estimated that there are 37,443 children ages 0-18 (42% of the population). The Department for Children will open a summer camp that will operate June 20 – August 21, […]
Location Murehe, Eastern Province, Rwanda Community Description Tucked away in a distant corner of Rwamagana District lies the village of Murehe. Murehe is perched atop a cascade of green hills in the Muyumbu sector of the Rwamagana District. Though geographically close to the capital city of Kigali, Murehe seems worlds apart, as it is largely […]
Location Kouthia Ba, Tambacounda, Senegal Community Description Kouthia Ba is a primarily Wolof community of about 1,500 people located in the region of Tambacounda, about 30 kilometers north of the road town of Koumpentoum. In early 2009 Kouthia Ba was established as a Communaute Rural, the community received electricity during the evening hours and within […]