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Community Description
Warsop is a small community in the rural area of Trelawny, Jamaica. People in the area mainly subsist by farming for themselves and selling crops at markets in the nearest cities of Christiana and Falmouth. This area of Jamaica is famous for its yam crops, but products such as potato, cabbage, banana, lettuce, and other crops are also produced in the area.

Warsop is located in the mountainous interior of Jamaica, known as the "cockpit country". This area is one of the more remote and sparsely populated areas of Jamaica, which means that the amount of government services is much lower than in other areas.

The nearest hospitals to the area are in Mandeville and Falmouth, over an hour away, and there are few private doctors in the area.

Project Description
This project is to install a chlorination device to purify the water used at the Warsop Health Center.

Currently, the clinic catches rain water for all of its water needs. The rain water is pumped from a concrete catchment tank to a storage tank that is positioned above the health center to provide water pressure in the center.

A chlorination device will be placed on the pipe between the catchment tank and the storage tank. This will allow for easy, automatic chlorination of the water using chlorine tablets, which the Trelawny Health Department already has in supply.

Chlorine residual test kits will be purchased and used to calibrate and verify the chlorination of the water and the chlorination device.

Chlorinating the water at this health center is important, because the clinic serves the sick, elderly, and pregnant, all of whom are at high vulnerability for water-borne illness.

Project Impact
The Warsop Health Center serves about 6,000 people who will directly benefit from the project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Jerome Drescher

Comments
Local health centers fill a vital role in providing medical care in rural communities such as Warsop. Clean water is essential for the delivery of health care by these centers.

The simple solution provided by this project is extremely cost-effective. Quality control is built into the process, making it simple to operate and maintain, and therefore sustainable.

This project is similar to a project previously done by PVC Jerome Drescher, the Stettin Health Center Water Project - Jamaica, so the effectiveness of the design is proven.

Dollar Amount of Project
$490.00

Donations Collected to Date
$490.00

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 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.

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

Community Description
Kraubau village is a very poor community about 7 kilometers off of national highway 5 in Boribo district, Kampong Chhnang province. Boribo is about 2.5 hours, or 120 kilometers northeast of Phnom Pehn city.

Kraubau is a disproportionately poor and vulnerable community. Most people are farmers. However growing is difficult because of the lack of a consistent water supply.

Most children drop out of school before completing primary school due to pressure from parents to support the family by farming, or having to raise their siblings. There was a primary school in the community, but it was shut down two years ago when teachers stopped showing up due to the difficult commute.

There is a lack of access to clean water. The community relies on rainwater during the wet season and uses crude, unreinforced, hand- dug wells, which often collapse, during the dry season. There are no latrines.

Project Description
Two hand-dug wells will be improved by increasing the depth of each by 4 meters, and installing pipes for reinforcement. This will make water available during the dry season.

Although located on private property, the families will share the water supply with surrounding members.

All of the labor will be done by the community. A skilled community member will be paid for supervising the project.

Project funds will pay for the materials and their transportation to the job site.

Monthly health workshop will be held on such topics as the prevention of mosquito-borne illness, the prevention and treatment of diarrhea, and basic sanitation.

Project Impact
44 people will be immediately affected by this project. In addition, approximately 50 local agricultural workers and loggers who work in the surrounding areas will directly benefit.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Keiko Valente

Comments
Existing but marginally functional wells will be remediated by this project. Safe water will be available to the community year-round. This will have a great impact on the economy and public health of the community.

Dollar Amount of Project
$380.00

Donations Collected to Date
$380.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has been fully funded, through the generosity of Keiko's friends.

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
Ndoumane is a small village of Pulaar subsistence farmers, 111 kilometers west of the regional capital of Tambacounda, in the Tambacounda region of Senegal.

Here, 345 villagers lead a physically exhausting lifestyle with remarkable grace and openness. Herding cattle, goats and sheep bring in a very modest income year-round, while intensive farming occupies every family’s time during the four-and-a-half month rainy season. With the help of a horse and pulley system, one 196-foot deep well provides the entire village’s water.

There are currently 10 latrines in Ndoumane (built by a local NGO), an entirely inadequate number for 345 people. As a result, villagers walk about 100 yards into the bush to relieve themselves. When vegetation is tall during the rainy season, most children don’t bother walking to the bush, relieving themselves instead directly behind huts. Villagers understand that this contributes to the oral-fecal cycle, and impedes the health of Ndoumane overall.

Although well aware of the positive impact latrines will have, subsistence farming provides little-to-no disposable income. Oftentimes, their food store runs out well before the next harvesting season arrives. This forces families to eat millet with a watery peanut sauce twice a day, frequently skipping lunch. Due to these restricted finances, villagers cannot afford the materials and mason labor to build quality latrines.

Project Description
This project is to build 10 latrines in various compounds throughout the village. The latrines will be approximately five and a half feet deep and four and a half feet wide.

Although the water table is extremely deep, the villagers want to line the latrines with cement bricks to prevent ground contamination. Each latrine will be ventilated with a plastic pipe, covered when not in use, and equipped with a hand washing station to maximize its health benefits for the community.

Project funds will purchase cement, iron rebar, plastic ventilators, and the necessary skilled labor for construction. Villagers will dig the latrine holes, a difficult task in the dry climate.

Project Impact
Approximately 100 people will directly benefit from the project. The entire village of 345 will benefit indirectly from the improved hygiene.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Erika Berg

Comments
This project carries a substantial commitment from the villagers to make it happen. It will have a great impact on the overall sanitation of the community, and thus reduce disease.

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 Hope You Like It, which provided the final dollars "In Honor of Faith, Hope, and Love" and contributions from friends of Erika Berg.

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

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

Community Description
Mozambique is located in southeastern Africa, bordered by the Indian Ocean on the east, Tanzania on the north, Malawi and Zambia on the northwest, Zimbabwe on the west and Swaziland and South Africa on the southwest.

This project is situated in Chimundo, which began as an expansion neighborhood for the nearby district capitol of Chibuto. Although this neighborhood arose in the late 1970s, it was only after bad floods in 2000, causing loss of lives and the destruction of many houses in the Limpopo River Valley, that many people moved to Chimundo.

Chimundo has about 1,112 families consisting of 5,560 people. Some of the major problems Chimundo faces are: food security, high infant mortality (due to causes such as diarrhea, malaria, and bacterial diseases), high percentage of population living with HIV/AIDS, and low literacy levels. The HIV/AIDS epidemic that plagues Mozambique is a factor that contributes greatly to the growing number of orphans and vulnerable children in the area.

The community center is a response created by concerned community members designed to alleviate these problems and improve the lives of the Chimundo citizens.

In 2004, a project was started by a group of Franciscan nuns to respond to the needs of many flood victims who lost their houses. The project is divided into the following areas: a pre-school, an after-school program, a training center, and a recreational center.

The pre-school promotes the growth and development of motor, cognitive, and social skills for the young children. The after-school program is a space where school-aged children come for homework help and to occupy their free time constructively. The training center offers English, information technology, carpentry, and basket-weaving classes for youth and adults. The recreational center provides activities, such as films, for the enjoyment of Chimundo’s citizens.

Although the community center has the infrastructure to house these activities, such as a pre-school classroom, an after-school classroom, and a building that serves as the training and recreational center, it lacks a sanitary bathroom.

Project Description
This project is to construct a bathroom at the community center. It will be built with cement blocks and a tin roof. It will have facilities for males and females, and will be equipped with basic plumbing.

Project Impact
There are 35 children ranging from 2-5 years old who attend the pre-school every day who will benefit from this project.

In addition the community members who participate in the other areas such as tutoring, carpentry class, English lessons, and information technology classes will also benefit from the project.

The total number will be 100 persons who directly benefit, and all of the 5,500 inhabitants of Chimundo will benefit indirectly.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Gracey Uffman

Comments
The construction of an appropriate bathroom will greatly help the caretakers of the pre-school to better provide for the children of the center. In addition, the persons participating in the other activities at the center will also benefit from the sanitary facilities.

This project satisfies a critical basic need at a very low cost.

Dollar Amount of Project
$499.00

Donations Collected to Date
$499.00

Dollar Amount Needed
$0.00 - This project has been fully funded, through the generosity of Marian Uffman, of Baton Rouge, LA, USA with the help of Gracey’s friends.

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

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