$101 to $200

Community Description
Ching'amba village is a rural community located in the central region of Malawi, about 60 km west of Lake Malawi. It is bordered by a wildlife reserve.

The community's income comes mostly from the sale of tobacco and soy. Corn is also produced. During the dry season people who are able to irrigate have small gardens where typically tomato and mustard are grown.

The community has a cylindrical irrigation tank that was donated by an evangelical organization. It has been used to irrigate a community garden.

The tank is made of cement and bricks, 3.5 meters in diameter and 2 meters in depth. It is filled with water by a solar-powered pump.

When the tank was built, the foundation did not settle properly, and leaks developed after one season.

Project Description
This project is to repair the water storage tank, and restore it to functionality for the use of the villagers.

The tank will be repaired by adding a concrete layer. Project funds will be used to pay for a contractor and two skilled laborers. In addition, they will pay for the purchase of ten bags of cement.

Quarry stones (1 ton) and sand (1/2 ton) will be provided by the community. The community has already raised $60 dollars to fund the project.

Project Impact
There are 37 plots of land 10m x 25m in size. Each plot is run by one family from four different villages. A total of 180 people will be served by this project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Tomas Pickering

Comments
This project will allow for the irrigation of community gardens which are used during the dry season to provide an important source of food and income.

This project follows up on the Gome Borehole Project – Malawi previously completed by PCV Tomas Pickering.

Dollar Amount of Project
$170.00

Donations Collected to Date
$0.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$170.00

Community Description
Izmail is approximately 160 km directly south of Odessa at the mouth of the Danube River Delta and is the southernmost city in Western Ukraine. The Romanian border is just across the river.

Throughout history this region has been very strategically important as a military and port site with nearby access to the Black Sea. The Danube Delta is an internationally protected wildlife, plant and nature preserve.

The area enjoys a moderate climate with magnificent greenery in summer and semi-mild winters. Unfortunately, Izmail, the Danube Delta area, and the whole of Ukraine have been negatively impacted by the worldwide economic crisis, resulting in a reduction of funding available for necessary rehabilitation projects.

Izmail is a medium-sized city of 75,0000 citizens that enjoy a very diverse ethnic and cultural population mix, including Ukrainians, Moldovans, Turks, Roma, Bulgarians, and Russians, totaling nearly 20 distinct groups.

The city enjoys exceptionally congenial community spirit and energy. Izmail proudly boasts that it was once the location of impressive Fortress Izmail where in 1790 the great military leader, Alexander Suborov, defeated the Turkish army eliminating Turkish rule of the area and fort,

The regional increase in births and current economic problems place considerable strains upon the available preschool and kindergarten facilities for children one to five years old. Building additional facilities at this time is financially infeasible. Therefore, existing facilities must serve larger numbers. To do so, they must be brought back to working condition to accommodate the load.

The Kindergarten School is located in an urban environment and serves a large diverse and growing population.

Project Description
This project is to replace old disconnected and unusable toilets and sinks at the school. This is required for proper sanitation, as the number of children in the school will soon be doubled from 50 to 100.

Current unusable and missing toilets will be replaced in two existing toilet rooms of two units each. One restroom will be used by boys and the other for girls.

Another area, currently with cold water only in one of three sinks, will have new hot and cold faucets installed on all three sinks.

Water will be reconnected and new piping will be installed.

The functional sinks will allow the children to wash their hands for sanitary purposes and will also serve as a dish washing area for dishes and utensils used to feed the children.

All labor required will be performed by school maintenance staff, so project funds will be used only for required physical supplies such as pipe, faucets, toilets, and seats.

Project Impact
This project will impact 100 children, ages one to five, along with 6 teachers at the school. In addition, more than 200 family members will benefit indirectly, since better sanitation will result in a decrease in illness among the children.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Carl Whisner

Comments
This project will provide a sanitary and safe environment for the increasing number of children using the Kindergarten School.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$315.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$185.00

This project has been finished. To read about the conclusion of the project, CLICK HERE.

Community Description
Caserío Alita is a small agricultural community. The population is approximately 250 people, dispersed throughout the area. Almost every family lives near their farm or the pastureland for their animals (goats, sheep, cows, etc.). Corn and beans are the two most important crops although a few families also raise fruit trees.

Caserío Alita is approximately 10 kilometers from the district capital of Salas but the travel is difficult. The community is two kilometers from the main road and there are no cars, taxis or other form of public transportation in that stretch of road. Also, most of the community members live another 2-5 kilometers from the entrance road.

There are no consistent paying jobs. Most community members are dedicated to the farm and work in the farms of other people for daily wages if work is available. Also the district government occasionally offers short-term jobs (1-2 months) in the district capital. These jobs focus on cleaning up roadways, building irrigation ditches and other public works.

There is a primitive water system in the community, but it is not a constant or reliable water source. There is a reservoir in the nearby mountains and this water is distributed to the communities in the desert below. However, Caserío Alita is at the end of the line, and access is often cut off, sometimes for months at a time.

When there is no water in the pipes, the children of the school must take water from the school well. They use this water for hand-washing as well as to water the small plantation of fruit trees and the vegetable garden they have planted on the school grounds.

Currently, all water is treated using the SODIS system, which purifies water in 2- or 3-liter bottles, which are left on a corrugated roof and heated by the sun’s rays.

Electricity was recently installed in the community, opening new opportunities for development.

Project Description
This project is to install an electric water pump at the primary school. The pump will pump water from the school’s well into an above-ground tank. From the tank the water can be used (through simple water pressure) to service hand-washing sinks and water the mini-orchard the school has in place.

Currently the water is taken out of the well with a rope and bucket system. The water in the well is 17 meters below ground. The water tank is about 5 meters from the well. A 1 inch, 1 horsepower pump will be purchased in the departmental capital of Chiclayo (2 hours from Salas) and will be used to pump the water to the tank.

Piping will be installed to connect the water tank to the sinks that are already in place. Other piping will be installed to take the water from the tank to each of the trees of the plot. The water pressure from the tank and the incline of the terrain will take the water to the plants. The plot contains various species of fruit and forest trees including molle, algarrobo, lime, palta, mango, gauva, among others.

Project funds will be used to pay for the water pump and the necessary piping. The PTA (the school) and the community will be constructing the irrigation system (digging the necessary trenches to cover the pipes, placing the piping, etc.) and installing and securing the pump in the well.

The project is supported by the PTA of the primary school. Also the bee-keepers association supports this project as any increase in forestation can be seen as an advantage for the bees.

Project Impact
This project will benefit up to 200 community members. Included in this number are 28 children in the school (grades 1-6) from 21 families. In addition, the entire community uses the school as a central location for meetings. This includes meetings of the bee-keepers association, the water association, general community meetings, community parties and meetings the regional government occasionally calls with the community

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Erica Locher

Comments
This project provides a time- and water-efficient system for watering as well as a secure and constant source of water for hand-washing and an imminent dental health campaign.

The water from the well is not potable without purification. The SODIS system for purification is functional but time-consuming. It will be up to the community to come up with a follow-up project, but consideration could be given to implement a more efficient water purification system.

Dollar Amount of Project
$450.00

Donations Collected to Date
$270.00

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Donations of any amount will be appreciated. The full amount will give you "naming rights", if that is something you would like.

Any contributions in excess of the Dollar Amount of Project will be allocated to other projects directed by this PCV and/or projects of other PCVs in this country.

Dollar Amount Needed
$180.00