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Their mission is to make sure communities have the capacity to meet basic needs. Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a non-profit organisation that consists of professionals and students from a variety of professions, including engineering, health, anthropology and business. But at its core is a model rooted in engineering solutions to help make communities sustainable at low cost.
Its story began with two men who met a decade ago in a Boulder, Colorado backyard. Angel Tzec, a landscaper and representative of the Belize Ministry of Agriculture, and Bernard Amadei, a Professor of Civil Engineering at CU, went from small talk to taking action in Tzec’s village in San Pablo, Belize, which was desperately in need of clean water.
Its story began with two men who met a decade ago in a Boulder, Colorado backyard. Angel Tzec, a landscaper and representative of the Belize Ministry of Agriculture, and Bernard Amadei, a Professor of Civil Engineering at CU, went from small talk to taking action in Tzec’s village in San Pablo, Belize, which was desperately in need of clean water.
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