ewb-uw film proposal

8/14/2019 EWB-UW Film Proposal

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UW Engineers Without Borders:

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

the amount o disease carried in these vessels.

Deorestation has aected lie greatly in Rwanda



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.

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