Projects – Engineers Without Borders

Enhancing Water Access at Ilkeek Aare Primary School: A Collaborative Effort

alessandrariva — Tue, 07 May 2024 12:06:54 +0000

At the end of 2019, Ilkeek Aare Primary School (IAPS) in Suswa, Kenya, and the foundation Home4Education (H4E) approached us with their pressing water challenges. Recognizing the importance of sustainable solutions, we embarked on a journey to improve their rainwater harvesting system and water infrastructure in cooperation with H4E. In 2020, we conducted an on-site …

Continue reading "Enhancing Water Access at Ilkeek Aare Primary School: A Collaborative Effort"

Drinking water supply in Yrdyk, Kyrgyzstan

alessandrariva — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:44:16 +0000

In collaboration with the Swiss engineering firm Holinger AG, IngOG+ is supporting Yrdyk, a village of about 3’000 habitants located in the Eastern part of Kyrgyzstan. The goal of this project is to support this resilient and enterprising community in the upcoming years and develop a sustainable and safe drinking water supply system with them. …

Continue reading "Drinking water supply in Yrdyk, Kyrgyzstan"

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 …

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

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 …

Continue reading "Drinking water supply in Khema, Ladakh, India"

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 …

Continue reading "Social housing community in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina"

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 …

Continue reading "Drinking water supply, Paraguay"