On an Engineering Brigade, students partner with community leaders and local technicians to design and engineer clean water systems custom-designed for rural communities. They work in remote and under resourced communities who struggle with either nonexistent or dysfunctional water systems.
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Water and Sanitation Programming
Global Engineering Brigades, alongside the sister organization Global Water Brigades, supports the holistic model with four core initiatives: designing clean water systems, establishing water committees to collect water fees for future maintenance, constructing designed systems, and creating basic sanitation committees to encourage hygiene and sanitation. This contributes directly to step three of the holistic model.
Example Community:
Las Cureñas, Nicaragua
BRIGADE BREAKDOWN
Brigaders have the opportunity to work alongside licensed engineers in the stations outlined below:
