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Community Description
Baan Nong Sua is a village located in the northern part of Central Thailand. It is a small community of about 700 people, with the majority working as rice farmers.

While Central Thailand is wealthier than other parts of Thailand, this village lacks the rainfall to harvest rice more than once a year. Therefore, many people in Baan Nong Sua are living on an insignificant income of around 1,500 USD a year, according to the Sub-District office of Khok Duer.

The village is charming with a beautiful wat, small wooden homes and rural dirt roads. Nong Sua School is in the center of the village, serving 60 elementary students. In addition, it is often used as the venue for village meetings, as well as larger gatherings, holiday festivities and daily socializing.

The school was built over 70 years ago and has had very few amenities added since. While it is quite pleasant, it lacks the proper sanitation needed to keep the students clean and healthy. Presently, the students and the teachers have no efficient way of washing their hands, doing their dishes or brushing their teeth.

Project Description
This project is to build a handwashing station at the Nong Sua School.

The sinks will be built between the bathrooms and the kitchen, in an easily-accessible location. The sinks will be made of cement and covered with tile. There will be a number of spigots so that several students can be washing their hands or brushing their teeth at the same time.

Project Impact
The 60 students that attend school at Nong Sua will directly benefit. In addition, the 700 community members who attend meetings and gatherings there will also benefit.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Noelle Neel

Comments
A sink with running water, for washing hands and brushing teeth, will replace the current system, in which all of the students use the same two bowls filled with water throughout the day. It is an easy solution to reduce the transmission of disease and introduce proper hygienic practices to the students.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$500.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has been fully funded, through the generosity of Six Senses Resorts & Spas as a part of their Clean Water Projects initiative.

We encourage others to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Peace Corps Volunteer Noelle Neele of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Noelle and/or those of her counterpart PCVs in Thailand.

Community Description
Stettin is a small community just outside of Albert Town, Trelawny. Albert Town is the major destination in Southern Trelawny for shopping, services, and transportation.

The southern half of Trelawny consists mostly of subsistence farmers who support their families on what they grow. They produce crops to sell at markets, both local and in the nearby population centers of Christiana, Mandeville, and Falmouth. Southern Trelawny is best known for growing yam, but many other crops, such as cabbage, banana, potato, tomato, peppers, and more are grown in the region.

Project Description
This project will provide the infrastructure, equipment, and training necessary to treat and make safe the water used at the Stettin Health Center.

Currently, the center gets its water from a rainwater catchment system. The water is then used without treatment, which puts users at risk of water-borne illness. By adding chlorine when needed, in the right proportion, the risk can be greatly reduced.

Project funds will be used to purchase three residual chlorine testers. One tester will be used at the clinic, for testing during day-to-day treatment. The second tester will be used by the Trelawny Water Quality Inspector to independently verify that treatment of the water at the health center is being performed correctly. The third tester will be kept as a spare so that treatment could continue if one tester were lost or broken.

In addition, plumbing materials to ready the system for proper water testing and adding chorine will be purchased.

Finally, operators at the center will be trained to test the water and add chlorine on a daily basis.

Project Impact
The Stettin health center is the only public medical facility in the Stettin/Albert Town area. The number of people in the center's area of service is estimated to be about 17,800. The number of people impacted in a given year will be several thousand.

The population that uses the health center consists of a high percentage of sick, elderly, infants, and pregnant mothers, all of whom are high-risk groups for water-borne illness.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Jerome Drescher

Comments
This project will result in testing of potable water at a heavily utilized public clinic, and treating it to make it safe. A very small amount of money will have a drastic impact in the reduction of disease. It fits precisely within the Appropriate Projects guidelines due to its critical high-impact intervention.

Dollar Amount of Project
$388.01

Donations Collected to Date
$388.01

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has been fully funded through the generosity of Jerry and Melissa Usrey, Lake Arrowhead, California, USA.

We encourage others to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Peace Corps Volunteer Jerome Drescher of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Jerome and/or those of his counterpart PCVs in Jamaica.

Community Description
The school is located in a rural village 70 km west of Rundu in the Kavango Region of Namibia.

Due to the lack of a latrine, teachers and learners walk up to half an hour to use the bush toilet. This current practice promotes the spread of fecal-borne diseases and also decreases the amount/quality of instruction during school hours.

Project Description
This project is for the construction of a 4-person latrine on school grounds. Work is already progressing, and the pit and 3 of 4 floor slabs have been completed.

Project funds will be used to purchase materials, including zinc oxide for the inner walls and roof, 4 PVC pipes for ventilation, 6 bags of concrete for the fourth floor slab, 4 door frames with doors, 4 pots with toilet seats, and 4 locks.

The community and school staff (1 principal/teacher, 2 teachers, and a maintenance man) will assist in the construction of the latrine. In addition the community will provide rock for the walls.

Project Impact
More than 200 people, consisting of learners, teachers, and community members, will benefit from the improved conditions created by this project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Justin Rausa

Comments
This is another example of a small project creating conditions that are certain to result in a reduction of disease. Students will learn proper hygiene, and bring the knowledge home with them.

The commitment of the community is demonstrated by the fact that they started the project, despite the lack of financial capability to proceed beyond a certain point.

This project also demonstrates the ability of Appropriate Projects to react to an urgent need. PCV Rausa will be completing his term of service very soon, and wanted to do one more project in the community before his departure. Other potential funding sources would not have been able to act quickly enough for the project to proceed.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$70.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$430.00

Community Description
Shulinab is an Amerindian village in the South Central Rupununi with a population of approximately 500 people. The community has an active village council, Parent Teachers and Friends Association, and a development organization called the South Central People's Development Association.

The nursery school has 45 students enrolled. Many of these students have to travel up to five miles on foot or bicycle to reach school. There is currently no secure drinking water source at the school.

The rainwater system is not adequate because rain is unpredictable, and the rainy season happens during the summer break. The nursery garden, which is designed to supply fresh vegetables for snacks and meals for the students, is dry and not producing.

Project Description
This project is to provide running water to the nursery school for drinking, sanitation, and irrigation of the school garden. A pump and 200 meters of piping or hose will be purchased and installed to bring water from a nearby windmill and supply water to the tanks.

The community will provide all labor for the project, and all of project funds will be used for the purchase of materials.

The project was proposed by both the headmistress of the school and the PTFA, and has the full support of the village governing council.

The village will hold "Manore" (Village Self Help Day) to bring people out to set up the water facility, irrigate the garden, and begin planting the vegetables.

The nursery garden, once irrigated, will supply fresh vegetables to a meal program designed to improve nutrition of students.

There are future plans to set up a handwashing facility with a trestle for the children to use,

Project Impact
45 nursery school students and 4 teachers will be the direct beneficiaries. The entire community will be able to benefit from the increase in production of fresh vegetables.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Shannon McGarry

Comments
This project solves a critical problem at a nursery school at a minimal cost. It can be completed very quickly, thereby making available drinking water for students and water for irrigation of the garden.

The project originated from, is fully supported by, and will be maintained by the community. They are prioritizing their needs and planning future projects for the betterment of the school. Thus, it is clear that this small project will be a catalyst for sustained improvement.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$500.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 This project has been fully funded. However, we encourage you to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Peace Corps Volunteer Shannon McGarry of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Shannon and/or those of her counterpart PCVs in Guyana.