Engineers Without Borders Argentina Annual Report
2 About us and what we do
3 About us We are an interdisciplinary civil association which works for the local development of communities that are in a vulnerability situation by means of engineering projects. Since 2017, we create engineering projects with an integral approach in different areas of the country. Moreover, we share our focus and experience by offering training courses and programs with the aim of having an impact in the training of students and professionals. Our work areas Energy Community Participation Labor Education Territorial Integration Water and Sanitation Our philosophy Community Development Our aim is to help urban and rural communities to have a greater autonomy and access to Human Rights. Sustainability To encourage sustainable development strategies by taking advantage of local knowledge and resources. Participation To bet on citizen commitment and collaborative work between communities and organizations. Diversity The creation of inclusive work spaces which integrate people of different ages, gender, origins and trajectories.
4 What we did in 2017
5 EWB 2017 in numbers 4 COMPLETED PROJECTS + 600 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN 2017 4.300 MONTHLY DONORS 7 COVERED PROVINCES 14 PROJECTS IN PROGRESS 160 STUDENTS IN OUR COURSES 19 ALLIANCES WITH UNIVERSITIES 15 COMPANIES INVOLVED
6 Completed Projects Building of the community room Neighborhood Ciudad Obispo Angelelli II, Córdoba The neighbors of Ciudad Obispo Angelelli II, in Córdoba, carried out their community activities in a precarious building that was out in the open. In 2017, we opened a community room of 45 m2 covered and 25 m2 semi-covered with bathroom and kitchen. Together with the help of Encuentro de Organizaciones, we provide educational support, tea and workshops for the children of the neighborhood. Community Hall in Neighborhood Ciudad Obispo Angelelli II, Córdoba. Extension of the kindergarten Villa La Florida, Quilmes. Multi-purpose Room of the Kindergarten No. 4 Girls and boys of the kindergarten No. 4 of Villa La Florida did not have an adequate place to develop their activities. In 2017, we opened a multi-purpose room of 100 m2 and the Municipality shall continue the building of classrooms in order to expand the educational offer. The work was performed by EWB-Switzerland, along with Club Leo Los Kilmes, students of the Technical School No. 3 of San Francisco Solano and the educational community of the kindergarten.
7 Expansion of a Farm school Colonia Dora, Santiago del Estero The Avellaneda Farming Family School offers access to secondary education for young teenagers from rural settlements that live partly at home and partly at school. In 2017, we finished the construction of two classrooms and a module for teachers. This project allows an increase of 70% in student capacity to welcome more young peasants. The work was carried out jointly with EWB- Switzerland volunteers, teachers, parents, students and school neighbors. Avellaneda Farming Family School, Colonia Dora. Access to water in El Negrito Santiago del Estero Access to water in El Negrito. El Negrito is an isolated community in the hills of Santiago del Estero. Its sixty inhabitants used to drink rainwater, and, in times of drought, they had to resort to other sources of water which are unhealthy for human consumption. In 2017, we finished the construction of a rainwater harvesting system with roofs and cisterns in each home that allows for its storage. We also expanded the existing water reservoirs for animal consumption and other uses, installed a system to extract water from the reservoirs and organized water distribution to every house with a community motorcycle.
8 Some projects in progress Building a childhood center José León Suárez, District of San Martín This project aims to make daily lives of families easier through the construction of an area of support, socialization and education mainly for kids in the early childhood. The Municipality of San Martín will conduct the starting up of the nursery. Childhood center José LeónSuárez, District of San Martín Access to water in Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, Santiago del Estero We are working together with the Municipality of Colonia Dora to provide the community with access to safe drinking water. Santa Rosa, Santiago del Estero
9 Expansion of Todos por una Sonrisa soup kitchen Altos de San Lorenzo, La Plata We are working on the construction of a room with all the facilities required for the soup kitchen to work in a safe way and which also allow an increase in the activities that could be carried out there. Todos por una Sonrisa soup kitchen, Altos de San Lorenzo, La Plata Extension of Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza child daycare center Villa La Florida, Quilmes District We are building a multi-purpose room for Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza child daycare center, that receives sixty boys, girls, and young adults daily and provides school support, music workshops, recycling, reading, among other activities. Child daycare center, Villa La Florida
10 Training and Impact One of the main foundations of our mission consists in having an influence on students and professionals training in different areas by sharing our approach and systematizing our experiences. Workshop Strategic Management of Social Projects: Towards Sustainable Development Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires Fourth edition: June September 2017 Academic Director: Estela Cammarota, Eng Course in Engineering and Sustainable Development: Tools for Practice Universidad Nacional de La Matanza Third edition: July November 2017 Academic Director: Mg. Agustín Lohigorry
11 Virtual Workshop agement Sustainable Development: Tools for Social Projects Management Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Santa Fe Second edition: August November 2017 Academic Directors: Estela Cammarota, Eng. Natalia Zlachevsky, BA Workshops and lectures in several national universities Mendoza, San Luis, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, La Rioja, Comodoro Rivadavia Workshop on productive and organizational development to Soldar-Tex Ltd. Cooperative Comodoro Rivadavia
2018 Challenges
13 New Projects Vehicular bridge over Las Piedras stream Florencio Varela/Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province We work along the neighborhood commission in building a vehicle bridge over Las Piedras stream located in the limit between Florencio Varela and Quilmes. Classrooms in Ezeiza s prison Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Province We design a skill training program to strengthen the social reintegration of young women and we are building classrooms for them to access educational and working activities while they are deprived of their ambulatory liberty. Expansion of community center Zepa B neighborhood, Córdoba We are working on expanding El Polito community center and on refurbishment of the bordering park so more families in the neighborhood have access to community spaces.
Community swimming-pool Bernal Oeste, Quilmes We are contributing to the construction of a community swimming-pool intended for more than a thousand boys, girls, and young adults. The project is being carried out together with Sociedad de Fomento Barrio 25 de Mayo, Casa del niño El Hogar de mis Sueños, and eleven neighborhood organizations that work for children and young people. Engineering Without Borders Argentina 14 Expansion of Addiction Treatment Center Villa Soldati, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires We contribute to improve current conditions, and the expansion of the existing facilities in order to create new spaces helping ease the experience of people undergoing recovery addiction treatments. Community kitchen Pequeños Gigantes Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut We work towards completion of the construction of a room for the community kitchen that operates in a neighbor s home and we help in the process of this space becoming a civil association. Access to water in rural communities Santos Lugares, Santiago del Estero We keep working with isolated rural communities in search of solutions to gain access to water suitable for human consumption and other uses.
15 Financial Report Total Incomes 10.73M Amount Percentage Individual donations $4.618.684 43,1% In-kind contributions $2.089.027 19,5% International cooperation $1.799.458 16,8% Contributions from organizations $983.313 9,2% Training $845.000 7,9% Public sector $150.000 1,4% Financial incomes $145.841 1,4% Contributions from companies $96.402 0,9% (1) Including in-kind contributions from state owned or private organisms. (2) Money contributions from companies. Total Expenditures 10.56M Amount Percentage Project management $6.025.784 57,0% Funds development $2.808.775 26,6% Management $637.344 6,0% Communication $577.299 5,5% Institutional development $285.850 2,7% Training and Impact $227.965 2,2%
Acknowledgements
17 We are supported by Without the constant support of these organizations and companies through all these years, it would have been impossible for us to carry out the projects. We thank all of them for their confidence and commitment to create together a better world. PROFESSIONAL COUNCILS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS COMPANIES
18 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS UNIVERSITIES
19 Acknowledgements Since the beginning of EWB-Ar, the constant support from PENTAKA S.A. through the donation of metal profiles has been the stepping stone for many of our projects to come to life. We appreciate their trust and a new year working together. Alliances boost social transformation. This is the case of our link to BOSCH Argentina, that joined us in our projects in 2017. We thank the donation of electric and measuring tools and the training, that will improve the development of our projects, maximizing our volunteers work.
20 Acknowledgements adecimientos To Andrómaco Laboratory, for the sunscreens donation. To Unsain Hermanos, for the anchorage elements donation used in the soup kitchen project in La Plata. To Fontana Nicastro, for the building materials used for the subfloor in the soup kitchen project in La Plata. To Quilmes Brewery, for the drinks for the anniversary toast. To Coco Demarco and Betty Peralta, for the toolbox for the electrical team. To Suárez Club, for their participation in the kindergarten project in José León Suárez. To Houston families, for their collaboration in different projects. To Axion Energy, for the elements of personal protection. To Saint Gobain, for the glass wool donation. To Norlit SRL, for the water storage tank for the Farm School. To El Amigo de Colonia Dora Builders Yard, in Santiago del Estero, for the sanitary equipment donation. To Agustín Unsain, for the sheet metal donation used in the kindergarten project in José León Suárez. To Barragán Transportation, for the building materials transport. To Cementos Avellaneda, for the hand tools donation. To Phillips, for the luminaire donation used in Child daycare Center in Quilmes. To Siemens Argentina, for the electric supplies and fireproof paint donation used in the kindergarten in José León Suárez. To Hormigonera Casas for the donation of the concrete for the Childcare Center project in José León Suárez.
21 To Krah Tuberías, for the donation of pipes for the project of the construction of a bridge across Florencio Varela and Quilmes. To Electroterma, for the donation of materials for the rocket stove built at the Diploma Course on Energy and Sustainable Development. To Bahco Argentina, for the donation of tools for our projects
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