By Andrew Nelson | Chapter Leadership
Muraho!
We are partnered with a locally-based non-governmental organization known as Village Makeover (VMO) to provide and improve water, hygiene, sanitation, and catchment systems to the Cyanika community, which is located in Northern Rwanda. Village Makeover and has worked side by side with EWB-USA CU to initiate a new project between the Cyanika community, Village Makeover and EWB-USA CU, and we are very excited to be involved! Our systems will provide clean water year-round to the at risk members of several villages within the Cyanika community.
The Rwanda team was very grateful to have a successful summer trip conducting both monitoring and assessment trip activities. The three previously installed systems required no major repairs and the team was able to hold several classes geared towards specific maintenance and repair strategies for the systems including a group tank cleaning session and a plastics lesson. In addition to checking on the old systems, the travel team was able to establish a new site where the next water system will be built. The team collected both the physical data from the site necessary to move forward with the design process as well as survey feedback from the community members.This insight into community member's lives will help EWB-USA CU Rwanda understand how these projects have impacted their experiences. Finally, the team was able to iron-out,with the help of local leadership, several issues that had arisen since the implementation of the last three systems. Overall, EWB-USA CU Rwanda accomplished everything they hoping to and are very excited to be planning and preparing for travel next summer to implement an additional rain water catchment system.
This semester we are starting to prepare for another round of implementation trips next summer. Fundrasing efforts, sustainability initiatives and design processes are in full swing as we reevaluate or system design based on what we learned over the summer. As always, we are very grateful for your continued support and involvement through Global Giving. Thanks! Please feel free send any questions or comments to EWBRwanda@gmail.com, and make sure to check our website at http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/ewb/rwanda!
Sincerely,
EWB-USA CU Rwanda
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