Let Girls Learn First Lady Michelle Obama, in concert with the State Department, USAID, and the Peace Corps, has formed a powerful collaboration, Let Girls Learn (LGL), to expand access to education for adolescent girls around the world. The program aims to improve opportunities for the 62 million girls around the world who are not able to remain […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Dave Rowson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a water system for irrigation. Although Dave was forced to leave the site during the implementation, he followed through to ascertain that the project was completed, and […]
Location: Kyrgyz Republic (aka Kyrgyzstan) This project involves the new construction of a 14-seat sewered toilet block at No. 24 Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze Secondary School (the “school”), located at 71 Osh St., Osh, Kyrgyz Republic 714000. The K–11 school serves children ranging in age from 4 to 17. The school’s simple dry pit latrine facility was built in 1989. […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Kakrigu, Rusinga Island, Kenya Community Description The area is high on the Likongo Hill in Kakrigu, on Rusinga Island. It consists of the St. Joseph’s Girls Secondary School, the Rusinga Parish Catholic Church, housing and offices for […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Caitlin Baumhart. To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. A summary of Caitlin’s report is as follows: Scope of the project Ilulu Girls’ Secondary School in Lindi region lacked a source of clean, safe drinking water for its students, which is […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This is a project under the LET GIRLS LEARN Program, a collaboration of First Lady Michelle Obama and the Peace Corps to expand access to education for adolescent girls around the world! Location Njia Nne, Kilwa District, Lindi Region, Tanzania […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteers Graham and Teresa Anderson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Graham reports: In the city of Fier, in Albania, the local municipality is responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, specifically schools. The state of Fier’s finances, like those […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Kopsht #3, Fier, Albania Community Description Kopsht #3 me ushqime (with food i.e. all day school) is a kindergarten which houses four self contained classrooms in a two story building close to the center of Fier. There are two wings on […]
The Central River Region’s Lower Saloum is one of the poorest regions in The Gambia. Most people in the villages of Lower Saloum are engaged in subsistence agriculture – there is a recognized ‘hungry season’ when little food is available, but agricultural labor is most intense. There are serious environmental and ecological vulnerabilities, especially with […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association. Location Kyzyl Döbö School, Kyzyl Döbö Village, Kochkor Rayon Center Naryn Oblast, Kyrgyzstan Community Description Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous, post-Soviet republic located in Central Asia. Its six million citizens are mostly concentrated in the provinces of Chui and […]