Our Partners
Nothing we have accomplished would be possible without the continued support of generous donors and volunteers. These organizations have helped change lives, and continue to invest in the future of indiginous communities in Bolivia.
Tulsa Southside Rotary
In 1993 the Tulsa Southside Rotary Club funded drilling for the second potable water well in the entire Altiplano (High Plain) area of Bolivia. In 1999, an elder of the village said that before the well was drilled, 20-30 children died each year.
Since 1993, the death rate for children dropped to 2-3 children each year. The village elder believes that the total credit belongs to the well. In fact, he said that clean water has meant more to the health of the village and saved more lives then any doctor ever could.
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Missouri University of Science & Technology
The first of EIA’s pilot projects was for Inca Catarpi. Located high in the Andes Mountains, the community wanted to develop some kind of healthy was to handle their waste. In partnership with Engineers Without Borders of Missouri University of Science & Technology (EWB-MST, an “Eco-Latrine” design was made, and then implemented in Inca. So far, 25 latrines have been built. EWB-MST has provided the money for materials to build 50 more.
EWB-MST has also adopted several projects for the Boarding School at Rio Colorado located in the Amazon Rainforest area of eastern Bolivia. They volunteered to drill two water wells, build showers for the students, eco-latrines, small bridges for vehicles, and is providing a new generator. They have put over $50,000 in materials alone into the Rio Colorado Boarding School.
B.A.R.H.D.
In 2005, a long-standing relationship that brought aid to rural southwest Uganda was jeopordized due to political and belief differences. The idea of a humanitarian organization that would bypass these differences resulted in the formation of the Bushenyi Alliance for Rural Health and Development (BARHD).
The mission of BARHD is to provide the people in remote, rural areas of the Bushenyi District of southwest Uganda with:
- Access to clinics offering primary medical services, targeting a decrease in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality
- Home health care, family planning, safe drinking water, malaria control, and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
- Secondary education and/or vocational training support, particularly for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and malaria
- Public improvement of local infrastructures that will support job opportunities in the communities and encourage self-sufficiency
BARHD has worked and continues to work with Engineers in Action to raise funds and build awareness of the need for humanitarian efforts in developing countries.
How Aqua Vita Creative Came to Be
By: Jonathan Cox, Owner & Technical Director of AV Creative
In early 2008, my associates and I began working with a non-prof called “Engineers in Action.” They are a hard working, ambitious group of engineers and professionals unified in a powerful cause: To improve the lives of people living in poverty and disease through civic engineering. Our role with them was to use our marketing and development expertise to bring their message to the world, garnering support and funding for them in the process.
A few months into the project, I had a meeting with the founder of Engineers in Action, David Stephenson. We had completed the website a month prior, and they had already begun to receive their much needed donations and inquiries. David was apologetic during the meeting, because he had very little money to offer us. I told him not to worry, that we had never expected to be compensated, and that we were helping him because I believed it would genuinely make a difference in the world.
In reply, David told me, “Jonathan, you just have no idea. Because of the work you’ve done for us, we have enough money to move forward on a project that will bring water and basic civic services to a village of 500 people. 1 in 5 of their infants die before the age of 5 because of a problem in their water that will be fixed by this project. You brought the water of life to these people.”
It was then that I first felt the tugging in my spirit that this was what I was meant to do. I wanted to create a company that would be the water of life for businesses making a difference in the world through their excellence and integrity. And so, “Aqua Vita,” Latin short-hand for “Water of Life,” was born.
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Drill Your Own Water Well in Bolivia
If your Rotary Club, Church, Civic Group, Business or you as an individual would like to drill a water well in Bolivia, contact us. We can oversee the project and help you to pick the right community.
Design and Build an Engineering Project in Bolivia
Your skills can change lives in indigenous communities. If your Engineers Without Borders group would like to design and construct a project in Bolivia, contact us. We can connect you with community needs and provide project support during your stay in Bolivia.