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Insulation and heating system of a school building in Keylong, Ladakh, India

lorinalocher — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:33:34 +0000

Engineers without borders Switzerland (EWB+), along with the Indian NGO Helping Humans, is commited to improve the insulation, as well as install a central heating system, of the main building of the Government Senior Secondary School, in the mountain village Keylong in the Himalaya region of Ladakh (India). The aim is to improve the room …

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Drinking water supply in Khema, Ladakh, India

lorinalocher — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:07:21 +0000

Engineers Without Borders Switzerland (IngOG+), together with Himalaya Help and Care, a Luxembourg-based non-governmental organisation, and the local Navikarana, is committed to building and operating a robust system of drinking and process water supply for the mountain village of Khema in the Himalayan region of Ladakh (India). The project will contribute to mitigate the lack …

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Social housing community in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Felix Chantrel — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:13:02 +0000

Together with Hazima Smajlovic, a refugee from Bosnia, local partner organisations and the local authorities, Engineers Without Borders Switzerland (IngOG+) is committed to establish and operate a housing community for islotated female war victims in Bosnia. The project will contribute to the lack of adequate social and old-age housing and offer women in need a …

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Drinking water supply, Paraguay

Felix Chantrel — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:13:30 +0000

The project started in 2015 in the small indigenous village Hugua Chini in the middle of the Chaco of Paraguay. After an in-depth evaluation trip in 2016 to Hugua Chini, a pilot project for biosand filters and rainwater harvesting and its evaluation in 2017/2018, we had to diversify the focus of the project due to …

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Hospital extension for Gynaecology & Obstetrics

Nadine Truyol — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 10:44:22 +0000

In the rural regions of southern Nepal, on the border with India, a large part of the population lives without access to medical care. The rapidly rising birth rate is already pushing the hospital to its limits. In order to counteract the negative effects and to specialize and equip the existing hospital in this area …

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Heating Systems for a Refugee Camp in Beeka Valley, Lebanon

Keith Wilson — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:42:00 +0000

Over 1 million Syrian refugees currently call Lebanon home. Approximately half of these are of school age, however access for them to the public schooling system in Lebanon is extremely limited due to financial constraints, limited mobility, discrimination, institutional reasons etc. In 2017 there were already 8 schools for a total of 4,000 Syrian children …

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