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Community Description
The hamlet of Setzucl is located 260 kilometers from Guatemala City and 53 kilometers from Coban, the departmental capital.

The village, comprised of 64 families, is extremely rural and the main source of income is agricultural production of corn, beans, cardamom and coffee. The people of Setzucl are Kekchi and the language spoken primarily is Kekchi.

The inhabitants tend to be poor and with very few people being able to speak or write Spanish. While there are a number of houses constructed of concrete blocks, the majority of people live in houses made of wooden boards or tin, with tin roofs.

The elementary school of Aldea Setzucl, with 125 students, is part of the Healthy Schools Program, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and the Peace Corps. For the past 3 years, the school has made great progress in complying with the requirements and goals of the program.

Project Description
This project is the construction of an eight-faucet hand-washing station at the school that will connect to a previously-built tank fed by a water catchment system.

The station will enable the school to comply with the Healthy Schools Program, which requires daily hand washing and tooth brushing.

Project Impact
125 students will directly benefit from the project and 275 people in the village will indirectly benefit.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Jareau Hall

Comments
This is an important project that will build upon the work that has been done by the community and the school to improve hygiene and sanitation. The value of such a project has been proven over time, both in the impact upon public health and the motivation of the people to continue to do small community and school development projects.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$500.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has now 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 Jareau Hall of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Jareau and/or those of his counterpart PCVs in Guatemala.

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

Community Description
Boribo district is a small district town in the Kampong Chhnang province of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It is located about 120 kilometers, or 2.5 hours northwest of Phnom Pehn city, and is comprised of nine communes.

Boribo has a fairly well known market, known as Ponley Psah, a health center facility, and a large high school with over 3,000 students. Situated about 10 kilometers from “The Great Lake” or Tonle Sap, most families subsist on a diet of rice, vegetables, and fish.

Because of the location to the Tonle Sap, many people are able to generate income by working as fishermen. However, most residents in Boribo, like the rest of the country, live as subsistence rice farmers.

The health facilities in Boribo include a hospital, health center, and the “Operational District” office. The operational district oversees all the administration that goes on in the eight surrounding commune health centers.

The hospital, which opened in January 2010, sees over 100 patients a month and births over 200 babies a month. Unfortunately, the hospital is lacking doctors, surgical tools, and an ambulance.

The health center, where community members are able to come in for consultation and treatment of diarrhea, dehydration, and vaccinations sees over 1,000 patients per month.

The Boribo health center has an adequate supply of fresh water, but has no treatment facility to supply drinking water to patients. A rain water tank, which was built in 1968, holds enough fresh water year round and is hooked up by PVC pipes to the health center and hospital buildings.

Project Description
This project is to build a water supply and filtration system to provide safe water to the hospital and health center. Two drinking water stations will be built, one outside the maternity ward and the other outside the health center.

The hospital and health center will purchase two water filters from the NGO Hagar at a subsidized rate. Project funds will be used to purchase materials for the project, and the work will be done by a local NGO, REA (Rural Education Association).

Project Impact
This project will benefit 1,200 hospital patients, 2,400 new babies and their families and 12,000 health center patients per year. In addition, 15 surrounding families who do not have access to water during the dry season will be served.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Keiko Valente

Comments
This is a critically-needed high-impact project that builds on the existing infrastructure. With the water tank in place, all that is needed is to purify the water and install and connect drinking water stations in appropriate locations.

This is the second project of Peace Corps Volunteer Keiko Valente. To read about her first, the Kraubau Well Project – Cambodia, CLICK HERE.

Dollar Amount of Project
$493.00

Donations Collected to Date
$493.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has now 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 Keiko Valente of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Keiko and/or those of her counterpart PCVs in Cambodia.

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

Community Description
Misuku is located in Chitipa the northernmost district in Malawi, and is remotely situated in the mountains and forests on the border of Tanzania.

The target community will be local farmers of Misuku in the most remote areas where safe drinking water is still a problem. One of the primary means of collecting water is through the use of spring boxes, which allow for water to be piped from natural springs running off the mountains.

Project Description
This project is to build 3 new protected springs. In addition, other springs needing maintenance in the area will be repaired.

As with the prior projects, project funds will be used to buy cement and to pay allowances for health workers to build and supervise the new construction and repairs.

Project Impact
Each spring services about 30 households of 6 people each. Thus, the total number of people served will exceed 540.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Andrew Abram

Comments
This project deserves special recognition because it carries forward the great work that this PCV has been able to accomplish with minimal funding.

This is Andrew Abram’s third project. It will be his last, as his Peace Corps service is coming to an end.

In his first project, Protected Springs Project – Malawi, one new protected spring was built, and 7 other springs, which had been built some time ago and were not functioning, were repaired.

In his second project, Misuku Protected Springs Project - Malawi, 3 new protected springs were built, and repairs were made to 2 others.

The value of this concept can be easily seen by noting the hundreds of people who have benefited from safe water through the use of this technology.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$500.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has now 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 Andrew Abram of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Andrew and/or those of his counterpart PCVs in Malawi.

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

Community Description
This village is located in Northeast Thailand, approximately 10 kilometers from the Mekong River and the Thai-Lao border. There are approximately 800 villagers, nearly all of whom work in agriculture. The primary crops are rice, cassava, and sugarcane.

Locally famous for its traditions and festivals, this community is recognized by other villages in the district as exceptionally strong and cohesive. The primary gathering place for such traditions is the village’s primary school.

In addition to serving as the sole educational center for children in the village, the school is the site for sports tournaments, musical performances, and religious ceremonies. Villagers of all ages participate at events held at the school.

Currently, the school does not have access to clean drinking water. The local supply of water is sporadic throughout the day, and is unfiltered and impure.

Project Description
This project is to purchase and install a 2,000 liter fiber water tank and a 2-tank carbon filter for the storage and purification of water at the school.

Local villagers who work at the Subdistrict Administration Organization (SAO) will transport and install the equipment at the school.

The completion of this project will ensure that the school will have a reliable source for drinking water for students, faculty, and visitors.

The project will eliminate the need for bottled water, thus saving a considerable amount of money and making it available for other uses at the school. In addition, it will cut out the problem of plastic waste on the school grounds.

The school will also conduct an educational campaign which will include the topics of hygiene, water purification and storage, and the reduction in the use of bottled water.

Project Impact
All 800 villagers will benefit from this project since everyone visits the school at various times throughout the year. The 354 students at the school will gain daily access to clean, dependable source of water.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Kent Elliott

Comments
This project will cut down on the transmission of waterborne diseases by providing a consistent supply of safe drinking water for the school, serving students, faculty, and visitors from the community.

The ability of Appropriate Projects to react to the need will ensure that water will be available for the start of the 2010-2011 school year.

Dollar Amount of Project
$500.00

Donations Collected to Date
$500.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has now 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 Kent Elliott of your donation. Additional funds will be used to fund the next project by Kent and/or those of his counterpart PCVs in Thailand.

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