Projects

EWB-RHIT has worked in a variety of locations. Click on any location for more information about our involvement in that community.

• • El Sembrador School, Pasto Calle, Ecuador 

    This project began in the summer of 2022.  It consists of finishing the construction of a partially built school in a rural community in Ecuador.  The current building is structurally unsound and it is expected that significant reinforcements will need to be made to the superstructure.   In addition, our scope includes the design and construction of an electrical system and internal/external walls for the building.  A retaining wall will have to be designed and built on the northern side of the site and a perimeter fence must be installed around the site’s perimeter.

• • Chaguarloma, Ecuador (Closed) 

    While closing out the sanitation project in Gomoa Gyaman, Ghana, EWB-RHIT applied for a new project in South America. This project focused on water distribution to a small community. The first trip took place during the summer of 2018, in which EWB-RHIT took initial data on available water sources and the needs of the community. The second trip took place in February 2019, in which EWB-RHIT took the initial steps to begin implementing the gravity-fed pipeline. The third trip took place in March of 2020 when a spring box was constructed and additional survey data was collected.  Design was mostly complete for this project by the summer of 2022, when due to land ownership issues it had to be abandoned.

  • Gomoa Gyaman, Ghana (Closed)

    We worked with Gomoa Gyaman from 2013 until 2018 constructing two 12-stall latrines to meet the sanitation needs of the community. This required splitting implementation trips into a single substructure trip, respectively. EWB-RHIT also constructed handwashing manuals for kids and educated the children and adults on the importance of proper sanitation. After one assessment trip, five implementation trips, and one monitoring and evaluation trip, we have closed out our work with the community as of the spring of 2018.

• • Batey Relief Alliance, Dominican Republic (Closed)

    From 2009 until 2014, EWB-RHIT collaborated with the Batey Relief Alliance in the communities of Batey Cinco Casas and Batey Santa Rosa, Dominican Republic. Over the course of three assessment trips and four implementation trips, our travel teams constructed a hurricane and earthquake-resistant roof and a septic system and piping network for the medical clinic in Batey Cinco Casas allowing for an outpatient facility to be implemented. We have also constructed six latrines for the community of Batey Santa Rosa and they also built three latrines on their own, displaying their understanding of the design and techniques used. The final monitoring trip to the community and all of the projects were determined to be a great success, especially in motivating the communities to continue working to improve their own livelihoods.

  • Obodan, Ghana (Closed)

    Since our founding in 2004 until 2008, we worked with the community of Obodan, Ghana in order to improve their infrastructure, and in doing so, improve their quality of life. Our chapter constructed a chicken brooder house and community center for the community.