PROJECTS
CURRENT PROJECT: Don Juan, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
STATUS: First ASSESSMENT Trip Completed January 2015.
SECOND ASSESSMENT TRIP completed JANUARY 2016
design phase in progress.
EWB-UR plans to help over 400 students in the primary school Escuela Taller Santa Maria Josefa Rossello in the rural town of Don Juan located in the Monte Plata Province.
Currently, the school is not able to supply running water to its five buildings. Due to a dependence on a faulty municipal electricity system, the school has no access to water during daily scheduled (and unscheduled) electrical power outages. This is damaging to student health, hygiene, and education.
Our project aims to improve sanitation by providing filtered, running water to the school’s restroom facilities and the school kitchen.
EWB-UR will work with the school, the community, local engineers, and professional mentors to create a sustainable solution to this water and sanitation problem.
From January 3-12, 2015 we went on our first assessment trip to better understand the current situation and start building a relationship with the community. With the information we collected we have been able to continue to solidify designs and building methods.
This past winter break, (January 2016) we went on our second assessment trip to make additional measurements and conduct additional tests at the school. This helped us finalize our designs and building methods. While we were in the Dominican Republic we continued to strengthen the relationships formed on our first assessment trip.
The design phase and implementation process will be next and will consist of longer visits to the Dominican Republic. Over the course of 5 years, we will work with the community to ensure the elementary school's new water system will be sustainable by the locals.
Currently, the school is not able to supply running water to its five buildings. Due to a dependence on a faulty municipal electricity system, the school has no access to water during daily scheduled (and unscheduled) electrical power outages. This is damaging to student health, hygiene, and education.
Our project aims to improve sanitation by providing filtered, running water to the school’s restroom facilities and the school kitchen.
EWB-UR will work with the school, the community, local engineers, and professional mentors to create a sustainable solution to this water and sanitation problem.
From January 3-12, 2015 we went on our first assessment trip to better understand the current situation and start building a relationship with the community. With the information we collected we have been able to continue to solidify designs and building methods.
This past winter break, (January 2016) we went on our second assessment trip to make additional measurements and conduct additional tests at the school. This helped us finalize our designs and building methods. While we were in the Dominican Republic we continued to strengthen the relationships formed on our first assessment trip.
The design phase and implementation process will be next and will consist of longer visits to the Dominican Republic. Over the course of 5 years, we will work with the community to ensure the elementary school's new water system will be sustainable by the locals.
