$201 to $300

Community Description
Andrenilaivelo is a livestock and farming community of approximately 200-250 people located in the central highlands of Madagascar. There are 25 households of mostly (98%) farmers of rice, cassava and sweet potatoes. A lot of the women are also grass mat weavers.

Andrenilaivelo has no source of potable water, forcing long treks to the river with buckets as part of the daily routine.

The people are aware that their lack of a water source is affecting their productivity in daily life. It is also having a detrimental effect on their health and that of their children.

Project Description
This project is to build a community well at the school in Andrenilaivelo.

The centrally-located well will be hand dug to a depth of about 10-15 meters. It will be both brick and concrete lined with a small aluminum-roofed structure surrounding the well. The water will be potable water without treatment.

Appropriate Projects funds will be used for the materials, including cement, bricks, rope, and nails, and also for the wages for the technician.

Community participation in the project consists of the labor, contracting with and supervising a professional well technician, providing sand and wood, and contributing extra funds as necessary for completion.

Project Impact
250-300 people will benefit from the project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Daniel Branch

Comments
A reliable source of potable water will be important for the health and wellbeing of the entire community.

Dollar Amount of Project
$400.00

Donations Collected to Date
$190.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$210.00

Community Description
CACHES (Crianças Artistas Contra HIV e SIDA) is a community based organization in Chicumbane, Mozambique that combines elements of art, dance, music, theatre, and sex education to provide a structured after-school program and playing/learning environment for local youth. Although a relatively new organization, CACHES has already achieved wide recognition throughout the community and serves between 30-50 children daily.

The CACHES facility is often used for small-scale community events and is also home to JOMA and REDES groups, adolescent youth empowerment and leadership programs funded by PEPFAR.

The basic latrine used by children and facilitators of CACHES, composed of decaying reed and wire, is at this point insufficient to properly accommodate the high volume of use which it is getting. It offers very little privacy for children, and the lack of a proper latrine cover provides an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes and flies. The lack of a roof means that the latrine (and its users) become subject to harsh weather elements. Oftentimes, children will choose to go to the bathroom in the surrounding bushes rather than enter the latrine.

Project Description
This project is to build an improved latrine with separate sides for boys and girls. It will be a simple rectangular reed structure fortified with cement, with one wall slightly higher so that water will easily drain off the corrugated tin roof, and two latrine holes, divided by a cement wall.

The dimension of the building will be 2 meters x 3 meters x 3/3.5 meters. In order to ensure privacy and prevent misuse, each entrance will have a locking door. The staff and activists of CACHES will maintain the facilities.

Project funds will be used to purchase materials, including rocks, cement, tin sheets, fabricated cement latrine covers, planks, doors, and locks, and to pay for labor.

In order to maintain a sense of ownership of the project, CACHES will provide the cement blocks.

Project Impact
150 people will benefit from the project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Vivienne Chao

Comments
A new and improved latrine will enable CACHES to continue to deliver quality services to children and the entire community.

Dollar Amount of Project
$555.00

Donations Collected to Date
$275.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$280.00

Community Description
Jargalant -- popularly known as "Ulaan Tolgoi" or "Red Head" -- is situated in Orkhon province, in the central, northern region of the country. It was founded in 1978, and there were many Russians among its early planners and residents. It is situated about 30 km outside of Erdenet, one of the country's major industrial and mining hubs.

Jargalant was intended to function as a farming town to supply foodstuffs for Erdenet. After the transition from a planned economy in the early 1990's, Ulaan Tolgoi's many large, state-owned industries were privatized and unfortunately few of them remain in operation today. Now, the majority of the town's some 3,300 inhabitants are private vegetable farmers or herders. The community has one secondary school, two banks, a public hospital, and a number of other small, private businesses (including a few shops, two veterinaries, a hair salon, and a flour mill).

The Jargalant Public Hospital treats some 40-45 bed patients every month and provides services to approximately 30-35 outpatients every day and employs 22 workers. The tap water has a high mineral content and is not considered suitable drinking water unless it has been boiled. Currently, the hospital uses a small water boiler to provide water to its patients. However, these have a low capacity and break frequently, as they are subject to heavy use every day.

Project Description
This project is to purchase and install an electric water purifier to provide safe, clean water for hospital patients and workers.

The purifier will be attached directly to a water pipe and thus will not need to be refilled. It will provide both hot and cold water -- an important feature in Mongolia where many people shy away from drinking cold water (and where average winter temperatures hover around -20 Celsius).

The purifier will be installed in the primary service room, which is located just next to the entrance lobby and waiting room. This location maximizes accessibility for both in- and out-patients, as well as for staff.

The purifier will be purchased from a local distributor in Erdenet. The distributor has already been contacted and will deliver and install all equipment free of charge. The distributor will also provide a brief training on maintenance and upkeep to hospital workers.

New filters will be re-purchased by the hospital for a nominal cost every 3-6 months.

Project Impact
The project will affect the some 850 people who pass through the hospital every month, including hospital staff.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Laura Alexander

Comments
This is a simple but effective solution to the problem of providing safe water to visitors and staff at the hospital.

Dollar Amount of Project
$525.00

Donations Collected to Date
$300.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$225.00

Community Description
Medina Serign Mass is located in the North Bank region of The Gambia. It is a rural farming community of approximately 2,000 people. It is the home village of the Grand Imam of The Gambia, and is host to many large religious ceremonies every year.

The community is home to a basic cycle school (grades 1-8) and also the Medina Serign Mass Health Center.

The health center has its own well. However, the existing pit latrine in the compound has large cracks and is unsafe to use.

Project Description
This project is to build a public composting toilet inside the Health Center compound.

The design is for a two-chamber above-ground composting toilet. The enclosure built on top of the chambers will be of cement block, with a timber and tin roof.

The chambers below will be 60 cm deep and extend 3 m behind the enclosures. Each chamber will each have an access cover at the back, and a cover to accept waste.

Each chamber will be lined with millet stalks and/or grasses (depending on the season) and will be fitted with a drain pipe to drain excess moisture. Vent pipes will draw air for oxygenation of the compost.

Ashes, collected from neighboring compounds and stored in each enclosure, will be added to the compost pile each time waste is added. When the pile begins to compost, it will be raked toward the back of the chamber to make room for new additions.

The compost produced will be used for the garden on the health center grounds.

Project funds will be used to purchase construction materials, including cement, corrugated tin, timbers, sand, gravel, and rebar.

The Medina Serign Mass Health Center Committee will be in charge of construction and the resident caretaker will be in charge of maintenance.

A senior member of the committee (who is also the village development committee chair) has experience with construction of many types of toilets, including the planned composting toilet.

Project Impact
All 2,000 residents of Medina Serign Mass will benefit from the set of composting latrines.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
James Blaine Byers

Comments
This is a high-impact low-cost solution for a critical need, toilet facilities for a health center visited by every member of the community. The composting design is not only environmentally sound, but produces the usable byproduct of fertilizer for the garden.

Dollar Amount of Project
$555.00

Donations Collected to Date
$350.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$205.00

Community Description
Minteh Kunda is a Mandinka community of about 1,000 people. There is a lower basic school and a small clinic in the village.

Three months ago a tap system was constructed in Minteh Kunda. Since the construction was completed, water has become far more accessible to the citizens of the village.

Inside the Minteh Kunda Lower Basic School, a tap was constructed near one of the side entrances. However, it is far away from the current garden sites. As of now, teachers and students are carrying water from the tap quite a distance to the garden.

Project Description
This project is to run a water supply for irrigation of three garden sites inside the Minteh Kunda Lower Basic School.

Water Charity funds will be used to purchase 50 meters of piping to connect the existing tap to the 3 sites, and to install faucets.

The school and community will provide all of the labor.

Project Impact
405 students as well as 10 teachers will benefit from the project.

Peace Corps Volunteer Directing Project
Jeremy Goldsmith

Comments
This project will allow the school to conduct an effective gardening program. This will provide nutritional benefits, thereby improving health. It will also be a focus for teaching, and lead to economic benefits.

Dollar Amount of Project
$210.00

Donations Collected to Date
$0.00

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Dollar Amount Needed
$210.00