Rio Colorado, Bolivia – Water Wells, Generator, Showers and Bridges
Located in the East, in Amazonian Rainforest, Eastern part of La Paz Dept.
(Initial Investment $42,000 plus a donated $13,000 generator.
No on-going materials commitments)
The Boarding School at Rio Colorado is approximately 100 miles from the electrical grid. The School houses 250 students, 6 days a week for 10 months a year. Working with the poorest indigenous peoples of the Rainforest area, 90% of its graduates go on to get a college degree.
Facilitated, first by our pilot project, and now by Engineers in Action, EWB-Missouri University of Science and Technology (EWB-MST) has drilled two water wells (60’ & 80’ deep) and distribution and control piping, build a girls and a boys showers with water tanks and shower heads for the students, 6 eco-latrines, 2 small bridges for vehicles, and has received a donation of a new generator to be delivered and built a generator house and associated wiring and provided donated laboratory equipment for the school. They have put over $55,000 in materials alone into the Rio Colorado Boarding School.
EWB-UMSA students will be going down to Rio in August to finish up some of the work on the generator house and the eco-latrines.
This project is nearing its end, and EIA will provide maintenance and supervision over the equipment. The new generator should arrive this month.