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Engineers Without Borders at MSU
SUB Box #9 Bozeman, MT 59717 406-994-7156 |
OUR MISSION: An impressive, but realistic vision… We work in the spirit of grass-roots and community-specific projects. Our ambitious long-term goal is to provide the communities of Khwisero with potable water and improved sanitation. We will accomplish this by supplying reliable water sources to each of the 57 primary schools in the Khwisero Division. Brick by brick, and school by school, we divide and share the work. We have installed one well and one composting latrine already in the Shirali school, as well as a second well at Munyanza. By the end of Summer 2008, three more wells and another latrine will bring the EWB at MSU total to five wells and two latrines. EWB at MSU aims to provide sustainable solutions to each school's unique set of challenges. We make sure that the community is involved, so that upon completion, the project is owned, earned, and governed by the community. |
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OUR SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 3 wells drilled
- 50+ household surveys
- 50+ springs mapped
- 14 EWBers made tons of Kenyan friendships
- learned some Swahili and Kiluhya "sawa sawa"
- 150+ pen pal letters
- met with (almost) all headmasters about our project
- started a written history
- increased awareness of EWB in Kenya
- interviewed people for radio documentary series
- investigated bio-gas latrines
- killed 3 goats
- organized technical and management training
- created an application board for the schools
- rode single-speed 70 lb. bikes
- traveled to Kenya for the first time – 11 EWBers
- added 1 new Kenyan team member – Lawrence
- battled bats
- 1 in 5 bags misplaced by airlines
- changed 5 flat tires
Our Kenya blog
As time and resources allow, we'll blog about our 2008 trip to Kenya to install three more wells and another latrine. Be sure to watch the short video about Engineers Without Borders at Montana State University, produced by Jaime Jelenchick at Partnership Productions, on our blog page.
Click here to meet Jaime Jelenchick and learn about her film The Water Carriers (in a new window.) Visit the Kenya Movie link to view a trailer of The Water Carriers.
You can reach us at the EWB office at (406)994-7156 or email us at ewbmsu@gmail.com
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Go to the people Live with them Learn from them Love them Start with what they know Build with what they have But with the best leaders When the work is done The task accomplished The people will say "We have done this ourselves!" -Lao Tsu (700 BC) |
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