Improving water access and sanitation for schools in Tanzania

This winter, Engineers Without Borders Sweden (EWB-SWE) and the Tanzanian organisation Mavuno Project are intensifying efforts to ensure access to clean water and safe sanitation for primary schools in Karagwe and Kyerwa districts, Tanzania. Our collaboration, spanning over a decade, aims to create long-term solutions to water and sanitation challenges faced by schools, ultimately improving the educational experience for around 80,000 children.

Access to water and hygienic facilities is critical for learning. Yet, many schools in the region lack basic infrastructure, forcing students to study in challenging conditions. The absence of clean water means limited drinking water, difficulties in preparing meals, and unhygienic toilets. For girls, the lack of adequate sanitation during menstruation leads to a 25% absence rate, jeopardising their education. Our initiative focuses on breaking this cycle by constructing rainwater harvesting tanks and EcoSan toilets.

Image to the right: School girl standing outside one of the sustainable Ecosan toilets
that we have helped to build together with the Mavuno project in Kagera.

Aqua 365 - Water treatment project in Valparaíso, Chile

The purpose is to develop a pilot solution and to improve the situation of polluted water of the inhabitants and the environment in Parcela 11, Valparaíso. The Parcela is a so- called occupied land area which is regulated by the state but without the responsibility for building and maintaining infrastructure for the settlers.

Water Project in Goaldihi Village, Bangladesh

Around 25 million people in Bangladesh are lacking access to clean drinking water. In collaboration with partners in Sweden and Bangladesh, we aim to improve the water situation in Goaldihi Village and thereby improve the standard of living and health for the people in the area.

WASH project for Tumaini Open School, Tabora, Tanzania

For nearly six decades, pregnant students and adolescent mothers in Tanzania have been expelled from school, forcing them to abandon their education. Tumaini offers these girls a second chance with an Open School in a rural village outside Tabora. Tumaini's school provides free tuition and child care facilities.

Durable Beekeeping for Sustainable Livelihoods in Tanzania

The Durable Beekeeping for Sustainable Livelihoods project, a joint effort between Engineers Without Borders Sweden (EWB-SWE) and the Mavuno Project, seeks to empower small-scale farmers in Chonyonyo, Tanzania. This initiative focuses on introducing modern beekeeping techniques to improve honey production, ensuring sustainable livelihoods for around 200 individuals from 45 beekeeping families. By enhancing hive management practices, the project aims to boost honey yields, support biodiversity, and create new economic opportunities for the community, all while contributing to environmental sustainability.

Education and sustainable cooking in Kairobangi, Kenya

Education is a cornerstone for community development and poverty alleviation. In Kairobangi, with a population of over 100.000 people, many children lack access to education due to economic constraints and a lack of public schools. Asulma’s school aims to bridge this gap by providing affordable and quality education to 350 students, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

Healthy Hospitals in Tanzania

A weak economy and rapidly growing population are putting pressure on the healthcare system in Tanzania. Hospitals often lack adequate infrastructure, including buildings, water, waste management, and energy. Through our long-term Healthy Hospitals initiative, we are contributing to efficient healthcare in the region.

Improving water access at 131 schools in Tanzania

In Karagwe and Kyerwa, we are constructing water tanks at primary schools to improve the water and sanitation situation hence impacting health and facilitating teaching and learning for approximately 80,000 children once the long-term objectives …

Shaping digital futures

Whether in school, at university or on the job, the digital transformation is underway, making IT skills more important every day for employment and to compete in the modern economy. Our C4S initiative aims to improve education through a sustainable, cost efficient and energy efficient computer setup.

Integrated Solar Cooking Diffusion in Kenya

Cooking on a wood fire, animal waste or charcoal fire leads to great problems both for nature and human health. In collaboration with Asulma Centre Self Help Group, we are promoting and implementing integrated solar cookers in low-income areas of Nairobi, Kenya.

Construction of a Family Center in Ghana

Severe poverty often leads to the separation of families. Together with Stiftelsen Make a Difference we build a Family Centre offering impoverished families the opportunity for daycare, homework support, vocational training and emergency accommodation.

Kolandoto Healthy Hospital in Tanzania

A collaboration between Kolandoto Hospital, the NGOs Involvaid, EWB-SWE and Architects Without Borders resulted in substantial hospital infrastructure improvements. The primary objective of the project was to reduce morbidity and mortality in the region.

CCY School Tanzania

This collaboration aimed at providing engineering solutions for carefully selected projects linked to one of the newly established schools and orphanages founded by CCY Tanzania.

Wind Power for Tanzania

With the help of local engineers, Wind Power for Tanzania built Hugh Piggott’s wind turbines in remote areas to meet the urgent need for off-grid electricity in the region.

Kitchen Facility Rocket Stoves, Ghana

We participated in theconstruction of a new kitchen at the Wulugu Senior High School in Northern Ghana. The new kitchen solution enabled school children to attend school, and staff to work at the school campus, without risking to inhale health hazardous smoke.

SunPower Zimbabwe

For more than two decades, FACE Zimbabwe has been running sustainable livelihood, gender empowerment, and community engagement projects. We have partnered to install a 3kw solar system in the maternity ward of Rusape General Hospital.

Zero Dropouts, Tanzania

In Tanzania, more than one-third of teenage girls drop out of school, often due to the menstrual taboo and the the high-cost of sanitary pads. Together with local actors, we initiated the project “Zero Dropouts” to support young women to stay in school and continue their education.

Wulugu Senior High School, Ghana

Together with Wulugu Senior High School in Northern Ghana, we developed a sustainable toilet structure that separates urine, which instead can be used in local agriculture. The project aimed at reducing the amount of open defecation to reduce health problems.