Zabuzhya Library & Youth Center Bathroom Project - Ukraine

Community Description
Zabuzhya is a small community located in Western Ukraine.

The Zabuzhya Village Library & Youth Center is a facility shared by the library and the local youth club. It offers services to all members of Zabuzhya and neighboring communities. It also serves as a local polling place during elections and as a venue for local events.

Currently staff and visitors to the center only have access to rustic outhouses located over thirty meters away from the main building. There is currently no system to flush, wash hands, or otherwise keep the area sanitary, as these are pit toilets. In winter this means walking through a snowy field that is absent of a clear path or any lighting.

Wooden doors either freeze shut or have been removed during the night by people looking for firewood. As a result there is little or no privacy.

Project Description
This project is to refurbish a previously existing but inoperative indoor toilet facility at the center.

Project funds will be used to purchase a new toilet, replace or refurbish the existing sink and faucet as well as repair a break in the existing pipe leading to the septic tank.

The bathroom will be made wheelchair accessible, and will be tiled and painted, as funds permit.

Project Impact
This project will benefit the over 100 people who use the facility.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Emily Watson

Comments
The project provides for the health and wellbeing of the people who utilize the services offered at this community facility.

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 John Watson, of Corvallis, OR, USA.

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

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

Conclusion of Zabuzhya Library & Youth Center Bathroom Project - Ukraine

This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Emily Watson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE.

The project was to refurbish an indoor toilet at the center.

Emily reports:

The primary goal of this project was to refurbish the previously existing but inoperative indoor toilet at the Zabuzhya Library and Youth Center.

The broken septic line was repaired, the septic tank was cleaned and repaired, a new toilet and sink were installed, the indoor piping was repaired, and cosmetic repairs such as new paint and tiles were completed.

The librarian I coordinated with on this project has expressed profound thanks for the funding and the community is delighted with the new toilet facility. Children who recently gathered for an event were taken by surprise when they found out that there was a new fully functional indoor restroom in the building.

We extend our thanks to Emily for completing the project and again wish to express our gratitude to John Watson for providing the funding.