An Inventory of A Year's Worth of Village Projects

In light of the recent blog post I made hilighting my village's water project, I thought I should remind everyone that Peace Corps work is about capacity building (and not bringing in outside funding). So, here is a brief list of all the projects I've done so far in my village. Very few of these projects involve money.

- Water Project (filter construction).
- Teeth Brushing (with pre-school kids and parents).
- Village Cleanup and Waste Separation (with primary school students).
- Kickball Team (class 7&8 at the local primary school).
- Aerobics Classes (with the women).
- Budget Development and Money Management (with the Village Development Committee).
- Nutrition Work ("Iron Chef" Cooking Competition with the women's group).
- Gardening (leading by example, giving away seeds) and Planting Trees (raising seedlings).
- 1-on-1 Relationship Violence Awareness and Education (advocacy and safety planning for survivors, explainations aimed at prevention in male population).
- HIV/AIDS Workshop (at one of the training villages during the Volunteer Connect Conference).
- SPCA Outreach: Animal De-Sexing (in the works).
- Condom Dispensory (my house...).
- Teaching French to Village Kids (once a week while we walk home from school).
- World Geography Awareness (informal with inflatable globe in my house).
- Water Conservation Education.

and more...


Vinaka Vakalevu for checking out the blog.

xx
Milika

:-)