Update: Belize Open Source - Sustainable Development and Engineers Without Borders-USA
(EWB-USA) in northern Belize
Patrick Coyle
EWB-SFP, Belize Open Source - Sustainable Development,
Public Laboratory
for LLNL- November, 2016
2016 Belize Open Source - Sustainable Development and Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) in northern Belize
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11. • Established in 2004
• ~ 200 acGve members
• 8 infrastructure programs
• 1 R&D Group (was Appropriate
Technology Design Team
(ATDT)) project
• ExecuGve Commiee and
support commiees provide
chapter management,
fundraising, and publicity
EWB-SFP NaGon’s 1st Professional Chapter
21. How to get involved
• Contact me:
• pat@coyles.com
• Belize Open Source: hp://belizeopensource.org
• SFP-EWB: hp://ewb-sfp.org/
• EWB-USA: hp://www.ewb-usa.org/
• Individual chapters and projects are accessible through the
EWB-USA website
• Public Lab: hp://publiclab.org/
27. CSU Project Manager/ Site Engineer and APR School Project Committee
Chairman Julio Magaña at the completion of the project.
28. Classroom tiled and ready for use. The door is only open when the
building is utilized as a hurricane shelter by the community. Similar
doors allow passage throughout the building in safety.
29. Not everybody could be listed. We wish to also thank BASF, Parker Hannifin
Company, and Belize Open Source, to name a few more.
30. While in Belize the leaking roof on the existing school was repaired.
No more leaks. The black of the roof is the build up of ash from the
burning of sugar cane. Because of the slope on the new school, each
passing rain helps to keep the roof clean.
31. Anemometer installed on the
roof of the other school
building. Data collected by
the students of APR is
emailed to CSU engineering
students working closely
with Dr. Majid Rashidi and
his wind amplification turbine
system to properly size the
wind turbines.
32. CSU Students Amy Kalabon (left) and Alice Summerville (Right) level stone for the
leach field on the school property.
33. Completion of pipe runs to septic
tanks behind the school. At this
time the tanks are sealed and the
pipes all covered.
34. Distribution box walls poured, top was added the next day and everything is now
covered with fill material.
35. The leach field with all the pipes set awaiting the final cover of 18 inches of
soil.
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43. CSU status
Nov 23, 2015, Norbert Delatte, the faculty advisor wrote
EWB-USA staff:
• We are not planning a 501B submittal for the Belize project
because we have evaluated our proposed water project for
the village and we don’t think it makes sense. There isn’t a
need for it and the village wasn’t enthusiastic about it.
• We are working on the 527 to close it out. I have a draft I
have been working on. Our final M&E trip was on January 6
– 9, 2013.
44. Water Quality Testing
Photo (left to right) Anna Florian, Stephen Kolbus, and Michael Sutadji taken
by Norbert Delatte
46. Discussion Panel with Community over Water Treatment Design
Presentation
Photo of Community members taken by Michael Sutadji
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September 2015, Document 527, Program Closeout Report
indicates:
• Our project consisted of designing a septic tank for the
implementation of a modern restroom facility at St. Viator
High School. Since the community has found other means
of obtaining this restroom facility, our designs have now
become obsolete. We are happy to hear of the progress at
St. Viator High School, but have decided to start a new
program in another part of the world.
• We are thankful for the kindness you have shown, as well
as patience you and your students have had with us. We
apologize for not completing the project sooner and for the
uncertainty you all must have experienced when we failed
to correspond appropriately throughout these years.
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56. Blanca Torres, principal of the August Pine Ridge school, wrote, “The aerial photo
mapping seems very interesting. I shared with my children and sisters the images
of our village … and they just loved them. … I welcome these opportunities where
I can involve my students in new learning experiences. I am very interested in
exposing them through your mapping project. We feel pride in having our
community appear in internet pages and more if we are involved in getting those
images.”
60. In progress and completed new classroom building
Richard Obratil, former Chapter President, Project Manager/Site Engineer
EWB-Cleveland State University Chapter, wrote, “... here is a picture of the
building…”
63. Muffles Junior College, Belize mapping
• Did two hands-on
training and mapping
sessions with Rafael
Castillo, the faculty
advisor, and the
Environmental Club at
the Muffles Junior
College campus near
Orange Walk Town
• Left them with a
complete KAP mapping
kit
• Put a sustainable
mapping capability in
place at Muffles which
can serve the
Environmental Science
program