Location Sitio Pagal, Barangay Shilan, La Trinidad Municipality, Benguet Province, Philippines Community Description Pagal is one of the sitios of Barangay Shilan of the municipality of La Trinidad. It is a remote village with a total population of 527, based on the 2010 census. People in the area depend on farming for their livelihood. Agricultural […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Steven Klimberg. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to provide a water tank for Pagal Elementary School and Day Care Center. Following is Steven’s report: The installation of a Water Tank for Pagal Elementary School was accomplished […]
Location Barangay Lubas, La Trinidad Benguet, Luzon, Philippines Community Description Barangay Lubas is located on the northern part of the municipality of La Trinidad. It is situated on a hill overlooking La Trinidad Valley. The barangay shares its boundaries with other barangays of La Trinidad, which are Shilan and Beckel on the east, Ambiong on […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Steven Klimberg. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to renovate the toilet facilities and drainage system at the school. Steven reports: We finished the project. After picking up the funds, people form the local Rotary and I […]
Location Barangay Lubas, La Trinidad Municipality, Benguet Province, Island of Luzon, Philippines Community Description Lubas, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines is a small community with about 2,000 residents. People are mainly farmers, and it is a big struggle for them to send their kids to school. Thus, students go to school with a very minimal allowance, […]
Location Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The project community is a large industrial city of 700,000. Krivoy Rog has one of the highest rates within Ukraine of new HIV infections each year. Many of these infected people include youth who have been born with HIV. The Krivoy Rog Tuberculosis Hospital #2 serves about […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Rebecca Sheffel. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to install a reverse osmosis water purification system at the hospital. Rebecca reports: This past week we have completed all components of our project. The implementation went as planned […]
Location Mawingu Division, Olkalou District, Central Province, Kenya Community Description In 2007, the violent elections led to many homes being destroyed and a vast movement of people relocating to the Mawingu Division. Thousands of families are now living in tents on a few acres of land. Many of these tent homes do not have any […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Shailah. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build latrines at two schools, the Mundi Primary School and the Gatarawa Primary School. Shailah reports: The latrines at the two schools were completed in about 3 weeks. On […]
Location Karugutu Village, Olkalou District, Central Province, Kenya Community Description Mawingu consists of a total population of 14,418 and roughly 3,002 households. It is extremely remote, and the people are poverty-stricken. There are five surrounding villages. Many IDPs (internally displaced people) migrated to the Mawingu area and the government bought them a plot of land […]