Wakapau, Guyana

Submitted by oso on Fri, 2005/05/13 - 1:01pm.

From Peace Corps volunteer, Scott Stadum:

There is a tiny village up the Essequibo here in Guyana, located in the rainforest. The village, Wakapau, is quite bustling due to the work of a few volunteers in the region. There is a health center, a new library, soon they will be getting computers and are already working with solar panels for sustainable energy. Wakapau also produces various wood products that are quite nice, and may possibly need a section to their web site that will allow for the sale of these products. If you know anyone that might be interested in this project, could you give me a holler. It could be a lot of fun and a good opportunity to bridge cultures.

If you are interested in helping, you can contact Scott via his blog.

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Wakapau
Submitted by Hope Wall (not verified) on Mon, 2005/05/16 - 10:23am.

Wakapoa

Wakapoa is a remote Amerindian river community in Region #2 Guyana located 35 miles by river from the closest town of Charity. The people of Wakapoa and the natural beauty of the area are only two reasons that this community has enormous potential for very positive and responsible development. Other reasons are to advance existing development initiatives - a small community library (established and maintained with no outside funding), a small business development project - Wakapoa Ada Mekeabo - creating employment opportunities with in the community and producing finely crafted furniture. Other projects in the works are developing a model Arawak language preservation program for the community and for use through out interested Arawak communities; a new library and multipurpose center under construction, recently donated computers to create an IT lab will be shipped from the US in July; and there are already solar panels in use powering the small health center - the result of pilot program inutilizing renewable energy in remote communities.

We are interested in developing a web site that will will showcase Wakapoa and its development initiatives and also allow for the sale of products manufactured by the wood working group. If you know
anyone that might be interested in this project, could you give me a
holler. It could be a lot of fun and a good opportunity to bridge
cultures.

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