Project Description
  | Rwanda2003 Ended: (in progress) Project Managers: *Tina Ocepek *Elise Larson Matt Carlson Julia Wagner John Kenney *current |   |
Also see:
Rwanda's Project Website
Rwanda's File Storage
Rwanda's Pictures
Clinic Project Summary
Agriculture Project Summary
Hindiro Water Systems Summary
Engineers Without Borders is a student-run group from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. We have been working across many diverse majors to help communities around the Parish of Muramba, Rwanda since 2004. Our goal is to complete engineering projects to improve their lives, while at the same time providing experience for students by working on international projects. As students we help communities around Muramba by designing and organizing different engineering systems, working with local members to create sustainable projects, and completed in line with local customs and resources. In the past our group has helped communities around Muramba by installing and improving the main water pipeline into the community, introducing more sustainable cooking methods including the use of solar ovens and fuel briquetting, and installing a rainwater catchment system near the center of town. This year we conducted several trips to re-assess the current needs of the communities. We found that their most urgent need was for more agricultural education. Over 90% of Rwandans are subsistence farmers, this means that a small increase in production can be make the difference to parents struggling to feed their children, or to allow families more time to make crafts or other commodities to sell at the market. We met with a local school and learned that a landslide had severed their main water pipeline. We are currently working to install a rainwater catchment system to provide water in the short-term for cleaning classrooms and latrines while another group works with the local government to fix the pipeline. On top of that, a local clinic came to us during our most recent trip and asked for help in building more patient rooms to prevent the spread of disease and provide more personal space for families who regularly come to care for sick members.
Please visit our specific project website and contact our project members or team leads to get involved as a student member, professional member, or financial supporter.
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| EWB UW Rwanda Winter 2008-2009 Assessment Trip |