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OPEN PROJECTS
Interested chapters should submit the form 502 - Chapter Application to Acquire a Project to Projects. Your chapter is not guaranteed to receive a project (we often have multiple applications for the same project), so please do not start on the project before obtaining official notification that your chapter has been assigned the project. Chapters may want to apply for more than one project to increase their chances of receiving a project.
The Chapter Applications submitted for open projects will be reviewed one time each month. To be considered for the next round of reviews, chapters should submit their chapter application to a EWB-USA project manager by the submission date listed below. Chapters will be notified via e-mail within 3-4 weeks if they received the project. Once a project has been assigned to a chapter, the project is removed from the open section of this website (this usually happens the day after the submission date listed below).
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Chapters taking on a project are expected to commit to that country/region for several years, not just for the length of this one project.
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Chapters without a project will be given preference when assigning projects.
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Chapters must be established EWB-USA chapters and must have a signed chapter agreement with EWB-USA to receive a project.
Project applications have been posted without contact information so that submitters are not bombarded with questions. Please do not contact the project submitter!
The projects listed below have been approved by the Technical Advisory Committee but have not yet been assigned to a Chapter. Current Open Project List as of November 5, 2008:
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Application
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ARC Review
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Projects Added/Updated In the Past Month
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| Kenya, Arombe |
The project aims at providing clean and permanent domestic water supply for the entire community. Currently the women have to walk long distances in search of water for cooking and drinking, time that could be better spent in commercial activities. At the same time the water sources available in the area such as shallow wells and springs are contaminated with pathogens and get dry during the dry seasons. As a result of this there are endemic diseases such as diarrhea, typhoid, cholera in the area because the people drink contaminated water that is not boiled nor treated. It is in this background that the community is looking for a permanent solution that can provide water throughout the year. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Nicaragua, Waspam |
The goal of this project is to improve existing water sources, sanitation management and public health in rural Nicaragua. This project aims to provide the necessary education, training and skills to the community for long term management and maintenance of rainwater harvesting and composting waste management. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Phillipines, Apatut |
The project will include the design and construction of a new water supply to a small community and, in the future, to its surrounding neighborhoods. The water source is a natural spring in the hills 200-300 ft above and approximately 1 mile from the community to be served. |
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ARC Review |
| Uganda, Ddegeya |
Engeye Health Clinic seeks to procure and install a transformer, pump, cistern, or other engineered method in order to supply our medical clinic with power and running water. The village well is located a few kilometers from the clinic and village center, and children spend hours out of their day to bring water to their families and for use at the clinic. Installation of a power source would help power computer equipment for documenting and organizing medical records, vital laboratory machines such as centrifuges, and life-saving medical equipment. |
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ARC Review |
| Zambia, Simwatachela |
In the Simwatachela rural community there is excessive hunger. This hunger is directly related to a lack of water in the villages. There is rainfall only 3-4 months of the year, so there is a water shortage for 5-6 months of the year. The goal of the project is to build a micro-dam to provide water for a sustainable agricultural program yearround. |
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| Cambodia, Talle Batti |
The 3 villages of the Talle Batti community have a problem with water supply. There is a lack of clean water. Due to the use of dirty drinking water there are a lot of diseases in the village and there still is a high percentage of child mortality. CDO is searching for alternative solutions to cope with this problem as previous solutions did not seem to work properly (water pumps and water filter). |
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| Cameroon, Banya |
The purpose of this project is to avail orphans and street child in our Community with the opportunity to gain life skills through which they can earn incomes to care for their aging parents and those of them infected by the HIV/AIDS. Being a border village, the vulnerability of its people and the infection rate of HIV/AIDS is higher than that of the National level thus the high rates of deaths. The structure consist of a conference room and three skills training classrooms. The conference room will serve as an income generating unit while training goes on in the other 3 classrooms. |
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ARC Review |
| Cameroon, Buitingi |
The aim of the construction of the school is in response to some of the problems being faced by our children as a result of the irrelevant nature of our educational system which is highly examination centered characterized with over crowded classrooms. Its also a highly teacher centered system with children not receiving individual attention. The school seeks to introduce a child centered system and promote value based education and basic life skills. A total of 18 classrooms, toilets, a hall; and offices have to be constructed. Already 09 classrooms, a hall and toilets have been constructed..09 classrooms, library and playground are still to be constructed. |
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ARC Review |
| Cameroon, Nkuv |
The road from Kumbo to Nkuv is in the northwest part of the country of Cameroon. Cameroon is located in Central and West Africa. The road is approximately 40 kilometers in length and about 7 kilometers is in poor condition. Travel by motorized vehicle is difficult through these portions, and hazardous at best and impassable during times of heavy rainfall. With the proposed road improvements, there will be significant benefit to the inhabitants of the small community of Nkuv. These benefits include expedited access to health care facilities in Kumbo and the realization of business development opportunities in Nkuv. |
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ARC Review |
| Dominican Republic, Batey Cojobal |
The Batey Relief Alliance proposes to build a permanent extension to the current 30-foot mobile medical clinic stationed inside Batey Cojobal, an impoverished community founded around the sugar cane plantation industry in the Dominican Republic. Since the installation of the clinic in 2003, the demand for healthcare in the region has increased three-fold, revealing the serious limitations of the clinic due to its small size. |
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ARC Review |
| Ecuador, Santo Domingo |
The Association of the blind, Light and Shade requests the construction of a two-story educational and school for the blind in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. The center will be utilized for current projects and activities by its blind and low vision members. A large room is necessary for educational purposes such as: classes in Braille, Orientation and Mobility, computation, craft workshops, music, soccer and physical fitness, meetings and seminars. The center will also be used for a variety of income generating activities including for the production of their own line of cleaning products. |
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ARC Review |
| Gambia, Galleh Manda |
The road connecting the village of Galleh Manda to the main road is in very poor condition prohibiting access to healthcare, education, markets, transportation and other essentials. Previous work done on the road by villagers has only exacerbated the problem. With the help of an EWB construction project, the citizens of Galleh Manda would learn to correctly and efficiently repair their road themselves using local materials, quite literally providing them with a road to further development. |
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ARC Review |
| Kenya, Lela |
The goal of the project is to provide clean water for domestic use in the community. The scope shall involve feasibility study, design and implementation of a sustainable water supply system in the village. The water project shall improve the health and well being of the community. Hours wasted by women in search of water shall be used for economic activities. The water shall also be used for watering tree seedlings in order to improve the environment. Each person shall be given one tree seeding to plant every week. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Kenya, Mbita |
The goal of this project is to promote community development through education. University education is unaffordable to most students, and few score high enough on the national exams to receive scholarships. The goal of this project is to build a computer training center for students with solar power capabilities. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Kenya, Migori |
Migori is a town in southern Kenya with a population of about 5,000 people. The town has a water borehole with very limited distribution. The water is supplied by the ministry of water development in Migori. It is only serving the government offices and staff quarters, the hospital and the teachers college. The borehole does not have enough capacity to supply every estate with water. The goal of this project is to provide an appropriate water supply system for the town. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Liberia, Mary's Village |
The goal of this project is to build a school for the under-privileged children in Timbo District that currently are not in school because their parents can not afford to send them away to the city to go to school. Presently there is no school in the village. The construction will be a 12-Classroom Elementary School starting from Kindergarten to 6th Grade to be extended to the 12th Grade in the near future. It is to be a one-level U style building. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Sierra Leone, Mattru Jong |
This project is to provide safe drinking water and sanitation for the boarding school at Centennial Secondary School. The project involves assessing the water supply options and available resources, collaborating with stakeholders on design, reviewing and supervising construction, training construction, operation and maintenance workers, as well as providing technical and funding assistance for procurement of any specialized materials not locally available. In addition, provide consultation to help the school integrate the project into the education of students and the community. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Sierra Leone, Yele |
This community is in need of water supply and a water sanitation system. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Tanzania, Moshi |
The Masaera man-made irrigation canal is very old and is in disrepair. This canal provides the community with integral water both domestically and for agriculture. A survey, conducted by qualified engineers is needed so that recommendations of repairing the walls and bedding where water leaks could be presented for estimate. Repairs will result in the prevention of water escaping back into the river and avoid the environmental hazard of erosion and soiling of the river. Production will increase and the livelihood of the people will be secured. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Tanzania, Mtwara |
The project involves providing water harvesting tanks. There is no underground source of water in this area. There is no availability of pressurized water in this area. Water needs to be collected in sufficient quantities during the rainy seasons to last to the next rainy season. Individual families scattered across the student catchment’s area currently send water with their children to school. As the water at home becomes scarce, so do the students attending school.
The Community has secured an 18,000 EURO GRANT FOR PROJECT COST |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Uganda, Kayunga District |
The construction of classroom blocks and equipment of workshops for seven technical school programs run by Mirembe technical centre. Each workshop has a work-space, an office for the attendant and equipment store. The project aims at technically training young school drop-outs and provision of an opportunity to acquire money making skills that enable them lead an independent and productive childhood. |
Project Application |
ARC Review |
| Zambia, Kanyama Chiefdom |
To provide detailed technical drawings for a proposed hydro-electric plant for the purposes of Government permitting and to later provide expert assistance in construction. The site has an approximate 40 foot fall on a river that is competent throughout the year for micro-hydro application. There is no grid system in the area. Power is required for refrigeration, feed and food milling, pumping water, processing fruits, vegetables, and other crops, as well as wood working equipment, welders and other shop equipment and electric stoves. Power will also provide lighting for classrooms, computers, satellite connection, A minimum of 15 to 20 Kilowatt plant is hoped for with three phase 220-50hrz. generation. Current solar panel system is inadequate and wind power isn’t feasible by low average winds in area. |
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* NOTE: ARC Review stands for the Application Review Committee's review of the project.
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