El Salvador
Project El Salvador (Implementation Phase)
EWB NYU:Poly is planning a continuing Project in the town of Perquin, El Salvador.
Introduction
Perquin is a small town on the northeast border of El Salvador. The town is peaceful and quiet, sitting atop a mountain over looking the green hills and forests of El Salvador. The indigenous Lencas have lived there for hundreds of years.
The population of Perquin was displaced during El Salvador’s civil war. Now that the population has returned the town’s decimated infrastructure is not sufficient to support them. Clean water, education for the youth, and renewable energy are all areas of great need in this part of El Salvador.
PEOF (Perquin Educational Opportunities Foudation)
PEOF is a non-profit U.S. public charity that was established by Ron Brennerman and oversees the Amun Shae center. The Amun Shae provides and elementary school, maternity clinic and nutrition center to the people of Perquin. The center is rapidly expanding and would like to put sustainable, scalable and easily replicable systems in place to improve the quality of life of those close to the center as well as all over the country.
EWB NYU:Poly’s Role
The Engineers Without Borders at NYU:Poly has been in contact with the New York Professional chapter and Linsey Hackett (A Peace Core worker in the area). Linsey had submitted a proposal to EWB-USA for a project and Amun Shae, and NYU:Poly has gratefully accepeted the opportunity to work with the people of Perquin and the PEOF to provide sustainable Engineering solutions to these problems. We are excited to be able to work with a vibrant and resilient community and with people such as Ron Brennerman and the PEOF who are doing amazing work.
The first phase of the Amun Shae project consists of Waste Water Management. The tentative strategy is to provide a simple and affordable constructed wetland to remove sediments, pollutants, and heavy metals from the water.
For more information on Constructed Wetlands please visit Constructed Wetlands
For more information on PEOF please visit http://peofoundation.org/
