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Community Description
Chum Kiri, founded in 1993, is the newest and poorest district in the southern province of Kampot. Khmer Rouge forces did not concede defeat in this area until as late as 1998. Due to the prolonged hostilities in the region, development has been extraordinarily slow compared to other districts in Kampot province.

Located 45 kilometers from the provincial capitoI and 12 km from the nearest highway, the majority of families survive on subsistence agriculture and few venture outside of the district due to the decrepit road conditions.

The district town has a high school that was completed in 2002. Since its completion, Hun Sen Ang Chork Upper Secondary School has grown in size and teaching capability. Currently the school serves 1,645 students from the 7 communes and 37 villages within the district. In nine years, it has achieved the ranking of third best high school in all of Kampot province and is staffed by young, progressive, and dedicated faculty.

The sanitary facilities for the students are inadequate. The current female toilets are located adjacent to those of the males, and many females refuse to use them because of their proximity. This causes them to skip class and return to their own homes when they need to use a toilet.

Project Description
This project is to build two toilets, designated for female use only, at the school.

The two new squat toilets will be located in a stand-alone building, which will be constructed of brick with a metal roof. Water will primarily be provided by cisterns that will catch the rain runoff, supplemented by water from the school's two wells when needed.

The toilets will be of the standard concrete vault type that is used throughout rural Cambodia.

Unskilled labor, such as digging the pit, and most carpentry, will be completed by the staff and students at the school. Concrete work will be performed by skilled concrete workers who will be paid using Appropriate Projects funds.

Project funds will also be used to purchase the needed concrete, bricks, doors, toilet basins, roofing, and other materials.

Project Impact
1,702 people will benefit from the project, including 1645 students (grades 7 to 12) and 57 staff members.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Bruce Kelsey

Comments
The new toilets will better accommodate the large number of students. With designated female facilities the crowded conditions, as well as female truancy, will be reduced.

Dollar Amount of Project
$555.00

Donations Collected to Date
$555.00 + additional amounts

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has been fully funded by members of http://www.nukeworker.com/, with additional funds from the Elmo Foundation for future projects in the country.

We encourage others to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Bruce of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Bruce and/or those of other PCVs in the country of service.

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

Community Description
Almolonga is a mid-sized community nestled in a valley just outside of the second largest city in Guatemala (Quetzaltenango). Known throughout Guatemala as the 'Hortaliza de America', the people of Almolonga live off of the land. They produce, ship, and sell vegetables of all sorts (mostly carrots, radishes, beets, and onions).

The children of Almolonga learn the trade at an early age (most help in the fields after or before school). Women and girls wear traditional clothes that they weave themselves. The community is dedicated to advancement and modernization. A majority of the men have worked in the U.S. and bring back with them many ideals. Education is one of them. Although short on time, families are adamant that their children attend school.

The Escuela Official Urbana Mixta Pablo Garzona Napoles elementary school has a morning school and also an afternoon school. In 2011, the two school principals, in collaboration with the committee of parents, were able to construct 5 faucets for the practice of healthy habits by the students.

The schools face problems including a shortage of water (especially in the afternoon) due to a lack of storage facilities, an insufficient number of drinking fountains, and various sanitation problems.

Project Description
This project is the expansion of the project completed at the school last year. There are four components:

1. The 'pila' (large sink) will be moved to the other side of the school patio for the exclusive use of the kitchen for cleaning pots used to make the children's snack.
   
2. Four more wall faucets will be constructed where the pila was located.
3. A water deposit of 1,500 liters will be purchased and installed.
4. Various toilet components will be purchased and installed.

The committee of parents took the lead on preparation on the project. The budget has been prepared and sources for materials and labor identified.

Project funds will be used to purchase the materials.

The parents, principals and teachers will transport the materials to the school and monitor the work of the professionals who will complete the job.

Project Impact
This project will benefit 351 students, including 197 students that attend the morning school and 154 students at the afternoon school.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Samantha Boss

Comments
This is a needed infrastructure project to accommodate the health and safety needs of the two schools.

Dollar Amount of Project
$555.00

Donations Collected to Date
$555.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has now been fully funded through the generosity of friends and family of Peace Corps Volunteer Samantha Boss.

We encourage others to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Samantha of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Samantha and/or those of other PCVs in the country of service.

Community Description
Kafori is a bustling Pulaar bush village located in the southeast of the Kedougou region. The community is home to approximately 1,200 people in 150 compounds. It is spread across 6 kilometers consisting of 4 neighborhoods, making the village appear sparse and small upon first appearances.

The village is an agricultural-based village, which produces mostly peanuts, corn and rice. During the dry season after the harvest season, the community mostly rests, but some turn their focus to dry season gardening.

The village is lucky to have been given three Indian hand pumps for deep bore wells. This means that three of the neighborhoods are blessed with year-around water and easy accessibility. Each neighborhood also has a women’s group, which has been given supplies from both Peace Corps and USAID to initiate gardens.

The neighborhood where this project will be undertaken is in an area with a high water table, but during the dry season, which lasts from November to May, there is no available water within a 30 minute walk. The neighborhood is currently building a well that will be used for the compounds in the area, so they will not have to travel so far for water. However, that well will have high traffic, serving the entire neighborhood of 250 members.

Project Description
This project is to build a well for the Halimatou Suare Women’s Group.

The well will be a simple hand-dug well, lined with cement. It will be one meter across and seven meters deep.

The water, which will be potable, will be available for the local community members, and will prevent strain on the neighborhood well. However, the main purpose of this well will be to irrigate the garden.

Since the water table is high, there will be year-round water at seven meters, which will ensure that the garden group will be able to keep up their work all year. This well will be drawn with a pulley, and the group has already collected many 20-liter jugs that they use to store water for their garden.

For the construction of the well, 4 members of the community have volunteered to do all the labor. The leader of the construction workers is a man named Boubacar Suare, who has previously helped to build wells in the community.

Boubacar and his three workers have agreed to do the work for just a lunch meal each day.

Both the workers and the women’s group are very eager to begin and establish this well to continue their garden. Since Kafori is about 40 kilometers from the regional capital of Kedougou, the vegetables produced are the only ones the villagers have, and they rely strongly on them for meals.

Project funds will be used to purchase the cement, rebar, plywood for the cylinder construction, wire, nails, and food for lunch (rice, onions, salt, and oil). The four men have gathered all their own tools, and have begun digging the well and collecting the sand for the lining. Once the rest of the supplies are purchased, President of the Community Rural will transport them to the community.

Project Impact
The project will benefit the 33 individuals who comprise the garden group, and their extended families.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Jessica Abad

Comments
With the completion of this well, the garden group will be able to have a year-round garden, while lessening the amount of effort they are currently using to get water. The well will allow the women of the group to expand their product yield, and help provide for the nutritional and economic wellbeing of their families.

Dollar Amount of Project
$555.00

Donations Collected to Date
$555.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has been fully funded through the generosity of Pravin Patel of Altamonte Springs, FL, USA, in memory of Valiben Patel.

We encourage others to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Peace Corps Volunteer Jessica Abad of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Jessica and/or those of other PCVs in the country of service.

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

Community Description
Kapchemogen is a village in West Pokot District, which is in the lower plain zone of West Pokot, and has a history of poor and unpredictable rainfall.

Water is consistently in limited supply. The consequence of limited access to water has caused overpopulation at water points. The result is inter-group conflicts. In addition, inter-family conflicts can emerge, as men prefer to have water for their animals while the women and children struggle to get water for household use. The result of this is land degradation in the form of gully erosion, especially near riverbanks.

The Yang'at Community Development Organization built a sand dam and shallow well in Kapchemogen in 2008. The sand dam is still working, but the shallow well, which is the main source of water during the dry season, is broken.

Women are responsible for fetching the water for every household, which is about 40 liters per day. During the dry season, the women go to the sand dam, which has dried, dig through the sand, wait for the water to collect, and then wait for the sand to settle so they can scoop the "clean" water into their jerry cans. This process takes all day.

Project Description
This project is to repair the water pump for the shallow well in Kapchemogen, and to train locals in the technology. The technology will be Afridev, from Kenya Water Handpumps Limited.

Ryan Weber has been trained in the proper maintenance and repair of shallow wells. Ryan, along with a fundi(skilled technician), will train the community members selected on the proper maintenance protocol, and how to identify what repairs need to be done if parts are broken.

Project funds will be used to pay the fundi for training and repairing the shallow well. It will also be used to pay for a translator, the cost for transportation, the parts to repair the pump, and refreshments for the team.

Yang'at will pay for any costs above the budgeted amount.

Project Impact
390 people, from 65 households, will benefit from the project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Lussia Kamberian and Ryan Weber

Comments
This is a crucial infrastructure project for the community, and includes necessary training to ensure sustainability.

Dollar Amount of Project
$555.00

Donations Collected to Date
$555.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has been fully funded through the generosity of the Elmo Foundation together friends and family of Peace Corps Volunteers Lussia Kamberian and Ryan Weber.

We encourage others to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Lussia and Ryan of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by them and/or those of other PCVs in the country of service.

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

Community Description
The community of Keur Diam is an ethnically Pulaar village made up of about 280 people in the Peanut Basin of Senegal. Located about 40 km from Kaolack, the village supports itself primarily by farming peanuts, millet, corn, and sorghum, as well as herding cattle.

Diarrheal illnesses are prevalent in the region, resulting in widespread illness and death. Due to the low income of the region, latrines are often lacking in entire villages, as is true of this village. This results in the people of the village defecating in fields and children defecating in trash piles behind the compound. Mosquitoes and animals then carry feces from these locations to the food prep areas.

Project Description
This project is to construct 16 simple, unlined, pit latrines, one for each family in the village. The project will be implemented under the direction of the Keur Diam Men's Group.

A mason has been found to make a simple concrete latrine cover that can be picked up and relocated when the current latrine becomes full.

Each family will be responsible for the digging of the hole 1 meter square and 2 meters deep. The family will also provide the sand and gravel to mix with the cement, as well as transport the materials.

Each family will be responsible for building a millet stalk or brick fence around its latrine for privacy.

Project funds will be used to purchase iron, cement, and PVC pipe for ventilation, and to pay for the labor of the mason.

Project Impact
280 people will benefit from the project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Rosanne Dunivan

Comments
Rosanne previously completed the Paymar Hamady Latrine Project – Senegal. The current project builds upon the success of the prior one, utilizing the same organizational structure and construction techniques.

Dollar Amount of Project
$555.00

Donations Collected to Date
$555.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has now been fully funded, through the generosity of the Elmo Foundation with the help of friends and family of Peace Corps Volunteer Rosanne Dunivan.

We encourage others to continue to donate using the Donate button below, and we will notify Rosanne. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by the PCV and/or those of other PCVs in the country of service.

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

Community Description
Leliani is a small agrarian village (population 2,000) located in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. The village is situated near the Azerbaijani border, and is a multi-ethnic village with ethnic Georgians and Ossetians living together.

“Leli” is an NGO and community-based organization with the strategic goal of providing non-formal education to people living in the rural areas of Kakheti, specifically youth and women, that supports the integration of ethnic minorities living in the area and increases the community’s awareness of civil society development.

The organization’s strategic objectives that advance its mission are:

1. To provide the community, especially women and young people, with information and non-formal education promoting healthy lifestyle choices.
2. To foster and nurture an environment for the social and cultural integration of ethnic minorities groups living in the area.
3. To inform the community of their rights and help protect those rights.

The current water system that services the multi-use building and its occupants was designed and implemented during the Soviet era. The system includes a well, electric water pump, a large holding tank (2,000 liters) situated approximately 15 meters above ground, and a septic tank, where the waste is stored and then removed by truck.

The water is pumped from the well into the holding tank using the electric motor. The occupants of the building then use the water as needed on demand for various bathrooms, handwashing stations, and kitchen/food preparation stations.

In late 2011, the electric motor that pumps the water to the holding tank failed, and is now beyond repair.

Project Description
This project is to install a new pump, as well as repair the extremely dilapidated structure protecting the pump.

The work will be completed by a local plumber, and an electrician who lives in the village and has been active in working with the implementing organization with other community projects.

Project funds will pay for the pump and installation, as well as for cement, sand, gravel, and the door.

Since the pump is located in the rear of the school yard of the nursery/kindergarten, project funds will also be used for a lockable door, so that children cannot wander into the pump area. The repair of the structure around the pump will also ensure the sustainability of the project by increasing the useful life of the pump and water system for the building.

Volunteers will assist with the construction of the room for the pump and the installation of the door.

Project Impact
Approximately 400 community members rely on the water system to access clean water and for sanitation purposes. Specifically, this number includes:

1. Over 300 people who use the NGO “Leli” community center which serves through events, trainings, and other community events.
2. Leliani’s village nursery and kindergarten which currently supports approximately 40 children.
3. Leliani’s village music school that includes 5 music teachers and approximately 50 music students.
4. One family displaced by the Abkhazia war including a father, mother and three children.  This family uses a few unoccupied rooms as its living quarters while trying to find more permanent housing in the village.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Kamran Beikmohamadi

Comments
This project restores a reliable supply of safe water to an organization providing vital services to the community.

Kamran previously successfully completed the Leli 1 Community Center Bathroom Project – Georgia http://appropriateprojects.com/node/429

Dollar Amount of Project
$450.00

Donations Collected to Date
$0.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$450.00

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