EWB-BU focused on projects in Naluja, Zambia from 2013-2017. Our projects consisted of multiple mini-projects that focused on obtaining, cleaning, and distributing water to the community.
Implementation
Structuring and documenting
Monitoring
EWBBU has completed water catchment systems in Zambia. We helped the communities, which had hard access to clean and filtered water, to have water not just for usage but also for storage. The catchment system proved to be stable and reliable.
EWBBU had also implemented several networking antennas in Zambia. This helped isolated communities to have access to the mobile network and helped to communicate with us and rest of the world better.
In the Naluja community, EWB-BU created a rainwater catchment system, a set of biosand filters, and a cell signal amplification system.
Another objective of EWB-BU in Zambia was communicating with local young generations. EWB-BU taught a couple of sessions to local communities about who we are and what we do.
Tinet is our most important and biggest project at EWB-BU. This project was just initiated a couple of years ago, and despite the pandemic, EWB-BU has made significant progress in bringing this project to the reality. The project consists of multiple water obtainment and cleaning systems at primary schools throughout the community.
Borehole well at Kapkeet Primary school
Rainwater catchment system at Sotiki primary school
Ongoing project at Ogiek Kwanza primary school
The first step in the project was planning. EWBBU made sure the right materials are selected as well as are available locally. Travel considerations take place too.
In this stage, EWBBU designs the whole project on paper. The members engage in making design drawing as well as creating CAD models. The project is being approved by the EWB-USA branch, and after approval the project is ready to be implemented.
In this stage EWB-BU implements their project. EWB-BU can travel to the site and or remotely implement the project. For our Borehole well Project, this stage included making a water source hole for future tanks and implementing solar panels for the power.
