Sustainable Irrigation for Rwandan Orphanage

Muraho! After 6 years of partnering with L'Esperance Orphanage in the hills overlooking the beautiful shores of Lake Kivu, Rwanda, the time has come for the Engineers Without Borders (EWB)-CU Team to turn over project control to the orphanage community. Visiting L'Esperance in January to monitoring the irrigation system we...

Dear Friends and Supporters, First and foremost, thank you! Because of your continued support of University of Colorado’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Rwanda student team, we were able to successfully wrap up our project at L’Esperance Orphanage this January. Our travel team, comprised of three students and a...

Dear Friends and Supporters, We would once again like to thank you for continuing to support the Engineers without Borders- Rwanda student team at the University of Colorado at Boulder. After the immense success of our team's June 2011 trip to Rwanda, where we effectively installed an irrigation system for the fruit tree...

Dear Friends and Supporters, Thank you so much for your support of the Engineers Without Borders student group at the University of Colorado at Boulder. With your help, 5 engineering students and 1 professional member were able to directly enhance the lives or 130 orphans in the rural hills of Rwanda during June 2011....

It's almost travel time and we couldn't be more excited. All the travel dates have been sorted out and we're ready for take-off (though most of us still need to do some final packing). The team will arrive in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali, on May 23. We'll then spend a few days there purchasing materials, assembling the...

Hi friends! I'd like to take the time to update you regarding our project's progress. Over the past few months, our young group has really matured into a great team with a lot of potential. With only a few returning members, all of our new recruits have really had the opportunity to step up and make significant...