$201 to $300

Community Description
Silahuá, a population center of the District of Chalaco, Province of Morropón, Department of Piura, is located at an altitude of approximately 1200 meters. The population is approximately 450 people.

The majority of the community members are subsistence farmers who grow coffee, bananas, sugar cane, corn, and beans. Because this community is a population center located far from the district capital, funding for projects is hard to come by.

Currently, there are 21 students at the local pre-school, and the student population is increasing rapidly. The students and others who use the facility for meetings and community events all share a poorly-constructed pit latrine.

Project Description
This project is to construct a bathroom for the local preschool for the use of males and females.

The bathroom will be built of brick and connected to the local sewer system.

Project funds will be used to purchase the materials for the project. It is anticipated that the local District Government will donate the bricks and skilled mason that will be required to complete the project.

Construction will be accompanied by the teaching of important themes, including health, hygiene, privacy, and the importance of appropriate bathroom use.

Project Impact
80 people, including 21 students, will immediately benefit from the project. The student population is increasing at the rate of 10 per year.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Patrick Sullivan

Comments
This is a needed project to alleviate the unhealthful sanitary facilities existing for the students, teachers, and visitors of the pre-school.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$225.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$275.00

Community Description
Las Pampas in a small rural community settled in the northern district of Olmos in Lambayeque. It currently does not have electricity (it is projected to be installed by the end of the year) and all houses depend on their own wells for water.

There is a local primary and secondary school, a locally elected governor and several government-sponsored organizations. The population is under 1,000 inhabitants.

The community is located 10 kilometers from the town of Olmos making it difficult (and costly) to find work outside of manual labor in the nearby fields. For this, the local population has little means of income outside of small animal husbandry and subsistence farming. One of the only other options is the promotion of conservation and eco-tourism.

Las Pampas is home to one of the best animal refuges in Peru, Crax 2000, dedicated to conservation and the re-introduction of critically endangered species. The animal refuge is managed by locals and currently produces a small income,

The refuge is made up of two parts. One focused on various bird species, including the White Winged Guan, and serves as a breeding center with the objective of reintroduction and salvation of critically endangered species.

The other part of the refuge is for rescued animals, recovered by the National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA). These animals are often wild animals that have been recovered from circuses, markets, and private citizens and are often too domesticated or ill to be reintroduced. They will live at the refuge, being taken care of by the biologist and local workers.

Crax 2000 itself is a community center, used by school groups, local organizations and tourists to learn about animal conservation and reintroduction, complete studies based on these animals, and have environmentally themed meetings and events.

There is no water available at the refuge to properly support the influx of tourism, the workers who live there and the continued conservation of the White Winged Guan.

Currently, the refuge has to buy water from the district municipality that brings it in a large truck, costing $80 weekly and all food has to be bought in local markets, costing more than the refuge makes from the donations by visitors. At that it barely provides sufficient fresh drinking water to the workers and animals.

Without water the center is unable to maintain a vegetable and fruit garden that would drastically lower their maintenance cost for feeding the animals.

Currently visitors to the center help feed the animals and learn about the important conservation work that they do. However, there are no handwashing stations, functional bathrooms (the bathrooms are already built but lack a water connection) or rest areas with drinkable water in the entire center.

Project Description
This project is to improve the sanitation and general health of the refuge and its user groups by providing crucial components to supplement the equipment and materials on hand.

Crax 2000 already has a water pump, a cemented well and the tubes to connect to it, but they lack the funds to purchase a motor to complete the system.

The installation of a motor will provide water for the workers who live there, for the tourists (with hand washing stations, bathrooms and installation in the guest bungalows), for the fruit plants and vegetable gardens that the refuge has for its animals, and for the animals themselves.

Project Impact
The improvements will allow a fourfold increase of the current number of people served at the refuge, raising it to over 20,000 visitors per year.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Lisa Melendy

Comments
The simple improvements that will be accomplished will have a major impact on the community and the refuge by allowing the refuge to operate in a sanitary manner and live up to its full potential.

The refuge benefits the community by diversifying employment opportunities. In addition to the impact on the wildlife, the refuge creates an important teaching opportunity for visitors to learn about wildlife conservation.

Dollar Amount of Project
$475.00

Donations Collected to Date
$175.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$300.00

Community Description
The village of Bantanding-Tukulor is located in the North Bank near the border with Senegal. It is a farming village with 35 compounds, housing about 200 people.

The people of the village grow coos, groundnut, and corn. They also plant cashews and mangoes. They have recently joined a tree planting project in the Jokadu area and have two nurseries for live fence and other species.

The village has two hand pumps but both are in disrepair and need parts and repairs in order to be operable and safe. Pump #1 has an intact cement wall around it. It is not being used at all at this time.

The moving parts in the pump itself are worn and need replacing. Additionally other bolts, couplings, bearings and the handle chain are in need of replacement. The concrete wall only needs reinforcement where there are cracks.

Project Description
This project is to repair the first of the hand pumps, Pump #1.

The work will be done by Ibu Sinyan, the local well mechanic.

Project Impact
This project will benefit the 200 people in the village who rely on this pump for water.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Suzanne Brewer

Comments
This is a critical project that must be remedied at once for the community to have water for their daily needs. The simple repairs represent a very cost-effective solution.

Dollar Amount of Project
$240.00

Donations Collected to Date
$0.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$240.00

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 is in the mountains at an altitude of 2,770 meters, so the climate is fairly cold throughout the year. The community has not had sufficient resources to provide water at all times to its citizens, and water is available in homes and schools only infrequently.

The Escuela Oficial Urbana Mixta Justo Rufino Barrios is located in the center of town and serves the entire community.

There is a critical water problem at the school, as water only runs one day every week or two. Thus there is a need for a water storage capability to serve the needs of the school.

In addition, the school does not have facilities to allow the students to practice proper hygiene.

Project Description
This project is to build a cistern at the school for water storage, and a handwashing station for use of the students.

The underground cistern will be 2 meters wide by 3 meters long by 2 meters tall. It will provide water to the already existing bathrooms and the new handwashing station.

The handwashing station will be built with ten faucets for students to use in the practice of healthy habits (washing hands and brushing teeth).

The director planned the entire project himself, meeting with construction workers, the mayor and the parents of students.

The mayor has already paid for all of the supplies, and the parents of students are paying half of the labor costs. Project funds will be used to pay the remaining labor costs.

Project Impact
The project will directly affect the 292 students and the 16 teachers of the school. The families of the students will be indirectly affected due to better hygiene practices of the students in the school.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Christine Dutko

Comments
This is a model project, in that it was designed and developed locally, has widespread community and governmental support, and the majority of the resources have already been gathered. These factors make it easy for us to provide the remainder, so that the project can be implemented at once.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$275.00

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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
$225.00