Teachers, workers and children at Wulugu Senior High School will be able to prepare energy-efficient food without inhaling dangerous smoke.
This project was made possible with the help of volunteers from Wulugu, Engineers Without Borders fieldworkers and donations. Thank you!
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Opening ceremony
The kitchen building
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More than 1,200 people attended the celebration, including the Minister of Industry from Dar es Salam. From Engineers Without Borders, the volunteers working in the area attended and representatives from two of our member companies Sandvik and Bengt Dahlgren. In the past year, about 10,000 people, in villages and schools, have gained access to water thanks to the companies that support Engineers Without Borders work.
Engineers Without Borders Sweden has a long record of working with MAVUNO in Karagwe in Tanzania. MAVUNO is an NGO working to “capacitate and empower rural communities in Karagwe and Kyerwa districts on sustainable development without any kind of prejudice”.
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Our volunteers have held lectures about water and hygiene, where the children liked to see ice.
They have also tested water samples for Coliform and Enterococcus bacteria, indicating the water’s sanitary quality.
The construction has started with changes to the outlet from the school’s water tank, and the installation of underground pipes into the school.
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Over 30 million saw Yngwie Malmsteen do his utmost to smash Sandvik's unbreakable guitar. Now the guitar has been auctioned out which brought in USD 25,000. Sandvik donates the money to the organization Engineers Without Borders, that will use them for school projects in Tanzania.
The unbreakable guitar was at the center of the latest film in the Sandvik brand campaign Let’s Create. Now it has got a new owner, venture capitalist Pär-Jörgen Pärson who has also written the management book "Heavy Metal Management".
“It was impossible to resist such a crazy project as this, which included the world's best guitarist and a Swedish industrial company. I loved it and the opportunity to buy the guitar was too cool to miss”, he says.
Pär-Jörgen Pärson has a genuine interest in guitars. He started playing himself in his early teens, has been involved in several bands and owns a comprehensive guitar collection.
"This guitar doesn't really fit into my collection because they have to be from 1963, my birth year, but since Yngwie was born in 1963 I still think it fits nicely.”
Engineers Without Borders Sweden (EWB) will use the donated money in their school projects in northwestern Tanzania. EWB, together with a local partner, runs a project covering 100 schools, each with 700‒1,000 students. The first step involves access to water and sanitation while step two is about digitizing the learning environment.
“The schools are remotely located in rural Tanzania with no access to books. Computers and internet access provide access to knowledge via the Internet and the donation makes it possible for us to improve the education at these schools,” says Caroline Bastholm, Secretary General of EWB Sweden.
Jessica Alm, Communications Director at Sandvik, had the pleasure to hand over a USD 25,000 dollar check to Caroline Bastholm, Secretary Generary for Engineers Without Borders Sweden. Pär-Jörgen Pärson was happy the money goes to a good cause.
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