Belize Open Source - Sustainable Development and Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) in northern Belize Patrick Coyle, EWB-SFP; Belize Open Source - Sustainable Development Livermore Rotary - August 31, 2011 (see separate file with balance of photos and playlist with groundbreaking videos at the bottom of it at: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE5F8F8E311D67C80)

1. Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
and
Engineers
Without
Borders-­‐USA
(EWB-­‐USA)
in
northern
Belize
Patrick
Coyle,
EWB-­‐SFP;
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
Livermore
Rotary
-­‐
August
31,
2011

2. Agenda
• Overview:
• Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
• Engineers
Without
Borders-­‐
USA
(EWB-­‐USA)
• Engineers
Without
Borders
—
San
Francisco
Professional
Chapter
(EWB-­‐SFP)
• Four
EWB
chapter
projects
in
northern
Belize
• Belize
Open
Source
40-­‐acre
site
• Belize
photos
looking
toward
August
Pine
Ridge
village

3. What
is
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development?
• Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development,
as
a
501
(c)(3)
non-­‐profit,
• promotes
environmentally
and
socially
sustainable
development
• invites
collaboraSon
on
an
open
source
approach
to
develop
and
parScipate
in
a
land-­‐based
learning
and
community
outreach
center
on
a
working
farm
on
40
acres
in
northwestern
Belize
• partners
with
EWB-­‐USA
to
collaborate
with
EWB
chapters
on
projects

4. AcSviSes:
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
• Donated
prior
year
HOME
donaSons
of
$500
to
the
three
EWB
chapters
–
Google
matched
donaSons
with
$500
to
EWB-­‐USA
• From
last
year’s
HOME
pledges,
donated
• $500
to
emergency
construcSon
of
a
new
sepSc
tank
for
Muffles
College
in
Orange
Walk,
Belize
• $500
to
the
three
chapters
–
Google,
other
EWB-­‐USA
partners
matched
the
donaSons
• $500
to
August
Pine
Ridge
school
for
a
public
address
system

5. AcSviSes:
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
(cont.)
• In
November,
updated
at
LLNL
about
BOSSD
and
three
EWB
chapters
working
in
northern
Belize
and
received
pledges
of
nearly
$2.8k
-­‐
will
allocate
in
2011
and
2012
• Donated
$500
to
August
Pine
Ridge
school
for
teacher's
texts
and
filing
cabinet
for
new
classrooms
• Will
donate
to
the
EWB
chapters,
get
matching
$
• Raised
~$2.8k
for
the
first
visitors’
accommodaSons
at
our
40-­‐acre
place
to
house
the
CSU
EWB
teams
during
their
visits
to
construct
new
classroom
building
in
August
Pine
Ridge
• With
the
CSU
EWB,
seeking
a
US
Rotary
club
to
partner
with
Belize
Orange
Walk
Rotary
on
the
August
Pine
Ridge
project

6. EWB-­‐USA
vision
and
mission
Agenda
• Updates
and
status:
BVision
is
a
Our
elize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
world
in
which
• Engineers
Without
Borders-­‐USA
all
communiSes
(EWB-­‐USA)
have
the
• Engineers
Without
Borders
—meet
capacity
to
San
Francisco
Professional
Chapter
(EWB-­‐SFP)
their
basic
human
needs
• Updates
and
status:
Three
EWB
chapter
projects
in
northern
Belize
• Belize
photos
Supports
community-­‐driven
development
programs
• Road
past
Belize
Open
Source
worldwide
through
the
design
and
implementaSon
of
40-­‐acre
site
toward
August
Pine
Ridge
village
sustainable
engineering
projects,
while
fostering
responsible
leadership

7. EWB-­‐USA
Growth
2000
8
Members
1
Chapter
1
Project
2011
12,000
Members
250+
Chapters
350+
Projects

8. EWB-­‐SFP
NaSon’s
1st
Professional
Chapter
• Established
in
2004
• 150+
acSve
volunteers
• 6
infrastructure
projects
• 5
Appropriate
Technology
Design
Team
(A.T.D.T)
projects
• ExecuSve
Commihee
and
support
commihees
provide
chapter
management,
fundraising,
and
publicity

9. EWB-­‐SFP
Projects
and
LocaSons
Kenya
Water
Supply
El
Salvador
Water
&
SanitaKon,
plasKc
recycling
Fiji
Water
System
Ghana
&
West
Cashew
Waste
UKlizaKon
Africa
Guatemala
Wind
Turbine
HaiK
Community
Health
Clinic
and
Solar
Power
Honduras
Bridge
ConstrucKon
&
Water
DistribuKon
Nicaragua
ComposKng
Toilet
Philippines
Rock
Crusher
Tanzania
Water
DistribuKon
&
Health
Clinic

10. EWB-­‐SFP
Project
Process
and
Commitment
• All
projects
have
a
non-­‐governmental
organizaSon
(NGO)
partner
acSng
as
a
liaison
to
the
community
• Three
project
phases:
1. Assessment
2. Design
and
ImplementaSon
3. Monitoring
and
EvaluaSon
• Long-­‐term
infrastructure
projects
have
a
minimum
5-­‐year
commitment
to
the
community
• Appropriate
technology
projects
vary
in
length
depending
on
the
requirements
of
the
NGO
and
community

11. What’s
the
connecSon?
• Coyle
is
founder
and
a
Director
of
Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development,
a
501(c)(3)
non-­‐profit
• Member
of
the
San
Francisco
Professional
Chapter
(EWB-­‐
SFP)
• Serves
on
EWB-­‐USA
West
Coast
Technical
Advisory
Team
and
leads
monthly
team
review
of
project
applicaSons
• Authored
EWB
applicaSon
for
August
Pine
Ridge
Community
Improvement
Program
–
the
classroom
building
is
nearing
compleSon
by
EWB-­‐Cleveland
State
• Presented
at
EWB
Regional
Workshop
and
EWB
InternaSonal
on
“Simple,
Inexpensive
Aerial
Photography
Mapping
with
Balloons
or
Kites”
and
planning
workshops
with
students
in
Belize
on
next
visit

12. Belize
Open
Source
-­‐
Sustainable
Development
and
EWB
chapters
We
support
three
EWB
chapters
working
in
northern
Belize
• Cleveland
State
University,
August
Pine
Ridge
• Iowa
State
University,
Trinidad:
fruit
dryers,
water
filters,
science
lab
• Lamar
University,
Chunox:
restroom
facility
• Texas
A&M,
San
Mateo
on
Ambergris
Caye:
newly
approved,
water
supply
-­‐
Coyle
reviewed
their
applicaSon
and
is
in
touch
with
them
to
collaborate
and
support
them
The
focus
of
this
talk
is
the
EWB
Cleveland
State
University
August
Pine
Ridge
classroom
building
project
which
is
nearly
complete

13. Where
is
Belize?

14. Belize
closer
up
• Belize
is
small:
About
175
miles,
north-­‐south,
by
80
miles
wide
• It
has
diverse
land
regions:
cayes,
beaches,
tropical
rain
forests,
caves
with
rivers
running
into
them,
mountain
pine
ridge,
and
savannahs
(where
we
are)
• Belize
is
small
enough
and
transportaSon
is
good
enough
that
a
stop
at
Belize
Open
Source
can
be
included
as
part
of
your
iSnerary,
along
with
whatever
else
you
choose
to
do
in
Belize
• If
you
visit
Belize
and
volunteer
with
BOSSD,
a
reasonable
porSon
of
your
trip
expenses
can
be
tax
deducSble

15. How
to
get
involved
• Contact
me:
• pat@coyles.com
• Belize
Open
Source:
hhp://belizeopensource.org
• SFP-­‐EWB:
hhp://ewb-­‐sfp.org/
• EWB-­‐USA:
hhp://www.ewb-­‐usa.org/
• Individual
chapters
and
projects
are
accessible
through
the
EWB-­‐USA
website

16. …building
partnerships…
16

17. …making
friends…
17

18. 18

19. MeeKng
Rotary
in
Orange
Walk
Belize

20. Ferry

23. Cafeteria

25. Pit
Latrine
Bathrooms

30. August Pine Ridge, Belize
School Building Update

31. Cleveland
State
EWB
project
• The
new
school
building
will
provide
addiSonal
space
for
the
current
overcrowded
school
that
serves
approximately
450
students
and
will
serve
as
a
hurricane
shelter
for
the
general
community
• A
project-­‐specific
assessment
trip
was
completed
in
May
2010
and
the
floor
plan
for
the
school
was
finalized
and
approved
by
the
community
• Data
on
building
material
quality
and
availability
was
gathered
along
with
material
prices
• Detailed
site
soil
samples
were
collected
and
shipped
to
CSU’s
campus
for
laboratory
tests.
Soil
characterisScs
were
incorporated
into
the
school
building’s
foundaSon
design
• Soil
characterisScs
for
a
leach
field
for
the
school
building’s
sepSc
system
were
evaluated

32. Cleveland
State
EWB
(cont.)
• The
skill
level
of
local
labor
for
construcSon
was
assessed
• A
Belizean
Civil
Engineering
firm
agreed
to
help
the
chapter
with
construcSon
in
Belize,
paperwork
required
by
the
Central
Building
Authority
(CBA)
to
secure
construcSon
approval
and
building
codes
used
in-­‐country
A
Preliminary
Design
Report
(PDR)
with
all
necessary
design
calculaSons
and
construcSon
documents
was
submihed
to
EWB-­‐
USA
for
review
and
implementaSon
was
approved

33. PDR
submihed
for
approval

34. Floor
plan
–
classroom
building

35. Cleveland
State
EWB
funding
• The
preliminary
esSmate
for
construcSon,
furnishing
and
ourisng
the
school
was
~$150k
USD
• The
community
agreed
to
raise
$100k
in
cash
and/or
in-­‐kind
contribuSons
(including
labor)
• The
CSU
Chapter
agreed
to
raise
up
to
$50k
(Coyle/
BOSSD
helped
in
modest
amounts)
• The
community
applied
for
funds
to
the
Belize
Natural
Energy
Trust
(a
fund
organized
by
an
oil
company)
for
$50k
and
to
the
Social
Improvement
Fund
(an
internaSonal
development
fund
in
the
Caribbean)
• (as
of
early
August,
the
cost
to
date
was
~$134k,
with
$61k
from
Belize
and
$73k
from
CSU
EWB)
• ConstrucSon
began
in
April,
2011
and
is
nearly
complete

36. Groundbreaking
• Let’s
watch
the
videos

63. Blanca Torres school principal, wrote, “The aerial photo mapping seems very
interesting. I shared with my children and sisters the images of our village I found
in the link and they just loved them. As I mentioned, 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.