Location Caserio La Joya, Canton Casa Blanca de Talchiga, Municipio de Perquin, Morazan, El Salvador Community Description La Joya is located in the northeast mountains of El Salvador, in the department of Morazán, about 200 kilometers from the capital of San Salvador. It is 11 kilometers from the town of Perquín and was badly affected […]
The first phase of the La Crucita Water System Project has been successfully completed. To read about the start of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed so that each stage could stand on its own and create value, even if, for some reason, an obstacle prevented progress on subsequent stages. The first phase […]
Location Saraswati Primary School – Manoca Campus Manoca, Nausori, Fiji Community Description Manoca is a semi-rural community near Nausori Township on the south-eastern side of Fiji’s main island. The community is primarily comprised of recent migrant agricultural workers from the country’s outer islands. The general population faces issues of poverty stemming from low education levels […]
Our involvement in this project is part of a larger endeavor to build a Kindergarten/Nursery School in KwakuSae, a community of farmers in the West Akim District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The project is coordinated by Peace Corps Volunteer W. Ruge. The planned school project will be of concrete and block, with three […]
Location Verejeni village, Telenesti district, Republic of Moldova Community Description Verejeni is situated in central Moldova. It is a lively community with 3,200 residents and is known for its strong entrepreneurial spirit. After Moldova declared its independence from the USSR, Verejeni became the first village in the country to privatize its collective farms. Unfortunately, job […]
Location Melika Auba, 15 km from Dhera town, 15 km from Adama city, Ethiopia Community Description The community consists of 30 low-income families, who live without electricity. Five households have at least one family member with HIV. There are no schools in the area, so the children must walk into Awash Melkassa for their education. […]
Location Thmar Puok District town in the northwest Province of Banteay Meanchey in Cambodia. The town is 50 kilometers north of the Provincial Capital of Serei Sophon. Community Description The town center of Thmar Puok District is a large collection of villages ranging from a few meters to several kilometers apart. These villages are very […]
Location Elderslie, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies Community Description Elderslie, Jamaica is a rural community in the western hills of Jamaica’s Cockpit Country, about an hour and a half by car south of Montego Bay. The main industry of agriculture serves primarily for local distribution in the nearby market of Santa Cruz, though some products […]
Location Mandinaba Village, Kombo East, Western Region, The Gambia, West Africa Community Description Mandinaba is a medium-sized village made up of approximately 2,500 people. It is located directly on the South Bank Road, about 7 kilometers from the town of Brikama. Because Mandinaba is very close to the River Gambia, the lands are rich and […]
Location Rurrenabaque, Beni, Bolivia Community Description Rurrenabaque, or “Rurre”, as it is known locally is a sleepy town situated on the eastern edge of the Andes mountains and serves as a gateway (socially and ecologically) to the vast Amazonian basin. The town of Rurre has about 15,000 inhabitants, but it feels smaller than that. Surrounding […]