Current Projects

Rio Colorado

The Boarding School at Rio Colorado is located in the Amazon Rainforest area of eastern Bolivia. It is approximately 100 miles from the electrical grid. The School houses 250 students, 6 days a week for 10 months a year... (click to continue)

Azacillo

Located high in the Andes, and very near our completed Inca Catarapi project; the elders of Azacillo have asked us to bring a team to build eco-latrines in their village. EWB-Kansas University will be doing its Assessment Trip in October and begin construction in the summer of 2009... (click to continue)

Tacachia

Located in a steep valley area south of La Paz, this village is rather inaccessible to the city. EWB-MST is doing its assessment trip in August to look into building a foot bridge across the valley, which will provide access to the city for health issues and which will allow produce to be carried across to sell in La Paz... (click to continue)

Carrabucco

Carrabucco is a town of nearly 1,000 people located on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The Bolivian government is bringing a trunk line of potable water to the town, but has said the town must figure out how to distribute it and to deal with the waste water problem... (click to continue)

Pompoyo

Located in the high and dry area around Potosi, this village is looking for a potable water system for drinking and health, with some irrigation... (click to continue)

Mining/Waste Water Cleanup

The Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds at the Civil Engineering Department (CREW) at the University of Oklahoma is partnering with EIA to research and do a test run on using a ‘wetlands’ system for cleaning up the waste water which flows out of heavy metal mines in Bolivia. . (click to continue)