UW Engineers W ithout Borders: A Documentary Fi lm By: Jonathan Lee, EWB-UW Rwanda eam Leader, [email protected]Location: Mur amba, Rwanda Desire: o record the collaborative work oEngineers Without Borders members at UW-Madison and Mur amban villagers in solving environmental problems concerning the availablity and quality otheir water supply. Project leadership (l-r) included Frederick , Saïdi, Jean Paul Basansanga, Innocent Kabande, Peter Bosscher, and LouisBackground Te community oMuramba lies in the province oGisenyi in northwestern Rwanda, bordering the Democratic Republic oCongo. Muramba reers to the geographical area under the inuence othe local Catholic Deanery, including our parish churches. A vocational school teaches community members, many owhom cannot aford tuition at the second- ary schools, basic vocational skills. Te communityoMuramba is approximately 12,000 strong. Te community is in a low state odevelopment as is evident in deteriorating water inrastructure and ewcommercial or industrial activities. Tere is evidence Objectives and Goals The documentation of... • EWB-UW’ s role i n Muramba, Rwanda through lm • The cooperation between UW-Madison students and faculty with vil- lagers on projects ranging from water pipe construction, fuel briquette technology enhancement, water testing, and many others. • The sharing of environmental information, conservation knowledge, and technical background. • The transfer of technological information to the organizations and schools in the area that wish to c ontinue in-country research and de- velopment while also having the information needed to maintain the technologies and systems that UW-Madis on has worked on with the village. These organizations and schools include the Muramban voca- tional school, the Kigali institute of Science and T echnology , and the Muramban Water Board. The documents from UW-Madison will be translated into French along with containing metric dimensions. Encouraging UW System Cooperation We have ap proached UWM to assist us in our desire to c reate this lm. UWM’s lm school is highly regarded and their gradu- ates are easily the best lm students in the state. One of the lm school’s graduating seniors has expressed interest, and has the desire to work with us on this project. His name is Joe Sacco. Joe along with a pro- fessional sound technician from Milwau- kee will be taking on the task of lming this documentary . Future collaboration between Wisconsin’ s two largest state schools will look to this as a great step toward bettering our soci- ety through education. Education focused on environmental issues that bring both sights and sounds of another culture backto those who are eager to change and bet- ter our world. otextile manuacturing and carpentry, and a ew private establishments service the community with grocer y shops and bars. However , subsis- tence armers comprise the majority othe community . Along with UWstudents, EWB students rom the University oColorado - Boulder also work in Muramba.
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A Documentary FilmBy: Jonathan Lee, EWB-UW Rwanda eam Leader, [email protected]
Location: Muramba, Rwanda
Desire: o record the collaborative work o Engineers Without Borders members at UW-Madison and Murambanvillagers in solving environmental problems concerning the availablity and quality o their water supply.
Project leadership (l-r) included Frederick, Saïdi, Jean Paul BasansangInnocent Kabande, Peter Bosscher, and Louis
BackgroundTe community o Muramba lies in the provinceo Gisenyi in northwestern Rwanda, bordering theDemocratic Republic o Congo. Muramba reers tothe geographical area under the inuence o the localCatholic Deanery, including our parish churches. A vocational school teaches community members,
many o whom cannot aford tuition at the second-ary schools, basic vocational skills. Te community o Muramba is approximately 12,000 strong. Tecommunity is in a low state o development as isevident in deteriorating water inrastructure and ew commercial or industrial activities. Tere is evidence
Objectives and GoalsThe documentation of...
• EWB-UW’s role in Muramba, Rwanda through lm
• The cooperation between UW-Madison students and faculty with vil-
lagers on projects ranging from water pipe construction, fuel briquette
technology enhancement, water testing, and many others.
• The sharing of environmental information, conservation knowledge,
and technical background.
• The transfer of technological information to the organizations and
schools in the area that wish to continue in-country research and de-
velopment while also having the information needed to maintain the
technologies and systems that UW-Madison has worked on with the
village. These organizations and schools include the Muramban voca-
tional school, the Kigali institute of Science and Technology, and the
Muramban Water Board. The documents from UW-Madison will be
translated into French along with containing metric dimensions.
Encouraging UW
System Cooperation
We have approached UWM to assist us iour desire to create this lm. UWM’s l
school is highly regarded and their gradu
ates are easily the best lm students in th
state. One of the lm school’s graduatin
seniors has expressed interest, and has th
desire to work with us on this project. H
name is Joe Sacco. Joe along with a pro-
fessional sound technician from Milwau
kee will be taking on the task of lming
this documentary.
Future collaboration between Wisconsin
two largest state schools will look to this
as a great step toward bettering our soci-
ety through education. Education focuse
on environmental issues that bring both
sights and sounds of another culture bac
to those who are eager to change and bet
ter our world.
o textile manuacturing and carpentry, and a ew private establishmentsservice the community with grocery shops and bars. However, subsis-tence armers comprise the majority o the community. Along with UW students, EWB students rom the University o Colorado - Boulder also work in Muramba.
borne illnesses has increased. We have tried to address these needs with a fuel briquetting technology. Local
excess biomass can be shredded, dried, and compressed into a toilet paper role size. These briquettes act like
wood, and can be used in any stove. Our continued research into improving this technology pushed us into ex-
amining mix designs that could maximize heat output while producing the least amount of smoke, and improv-
ing upon press designs to compress the briquettes more densely. We have also investigated new shredder de-
signs to decrease the amount of time and energy spent shredding the materials to their desired size. Our efforts
in these two areas highlight our partnership with the village of Muramba to address the environmental issues
that they deal with. We stay committed to our work and the growth of our continued relationship.
the African Studies program at UW-Madison, we hope to show this
lm to students of the university as well as grade school students
and parents of the local Madison community. As a promotional
tool, the lm would be shown at annual EWB-UW kick-off meet-
ings to encourage membership. It is also hoped that the lm could
be played at the Milwaukee International Film Festival as a high-
light of Wisconsin’s lm expertise and international cooperation.
With this vision in mind for the lm’s many uses, we hope to tell
our story of our collaboration on issues that regard the local envi-
ronment as well as the quality of life of the people of Muramba.
We have been involved in many areas that have needed our techni-
cal attention. In July 2005, collaboration between EWB-UW and
Muramba focused on the construction of a 5km pipe that connected
two new sources of water to the village. With these two new sourc-es, the water supply of the system was increased from 37 liters per
minute to 83.8 liters per minute. To continue our focus on water in
the area, a water catchment system is being planned and designed
for implementation this summer. Preliminary plans include storage
for at least 10,000 liters of water.
Renewable energy has also been a focus for our work. In Rwanda,
deforestation has degraded the landscape. The government, in an
effort to halt this process, has introduced measures to stop tim-
ber harvesting and the use of wood as a fuel. Most villagers have
stopped boiling water because the wood for the re made to boil
the water is too expensive. Without boiled water, sickness to water-
Purpose of the FilmThe medium of lm allows the sounds and images of another culture to take a
tangible form. This is something that neither words on a page nor pictures in a
magazine can explain. Working together over the last ve years has allowed the
Rwanda group at UW-Madison and the Muramban people to interact in a very
unique way. Hand-in-hand, technical and environmental information has been
relayed back and forth between our two groups. Through our continued com-mitment to implement appropriate technologies with the support of the village,
we travel back to Muramba whenever we are so able.
It is our desire to bring back to Madison, and more broadly, Wisconsin, the
story that represents our collaboration with Muramba. We hope to use this lm
as an educational as well as a promotional tool. Along with a partnership with
Jerry cans like the one above are used or carrying the water a household uses. Tis is a typical jerry can. Trough hygiene education we hope to decrease
Father John Bossco Musinguzi shows o recently pressed and dried briquette
Trough collaboration o UW-Madison students withstudents at the Muramban vocational school, knowledge o uel briquettes press design was taught and grown.
ExpensesName Unit Qty Rate Amount
PRODUCTION AND GEAR
DVCam ape Stock* tapes 40 $12 $480
Power Converter allow 1 $48 $48
Plug Adapters or Rwanda allow 1 $10 $10
Rain Protection or Camera allow 1 $95 $95
Extra Camera Batteries allow 2 $159 $318
Misc Production supplies allow 1 $200 $200
TOTAL $1,151
PRODUCTION TRAVEL
Can Rental to Madison travel days 2 $50 $100
Parking, Gas travel days 2 $20 $40
Meals in Madison days (2 people) 2 $50 $100
International ravel days (2 people) 30 $3,000 $6,000
In-Rwanda Food and Lodging days (2 people) 30 $10 $600
TOTAL $6,840
POST-PRODUCTION
500GB External Hard Drive or Footage Storage* allow 1 $240 $240TOTAL $240
MISCELLANEOUS
ravel Insurance on Equipment allow 1 $500 $500
TOTAL $500
PROJECT TOTAL COST $8,731
Special considerations for travel with equipment - Filming Equipment will be kept portable so that it can always be transported by
flmmakers during every leg o the trip in order to decrease the possibility o thet.
*Te 500GB hard drive and DVCam ape Stock will be owned by EWB-UW ater post-production.