Amazon Promise is expanding its health-care delivery in Peru with plans to build Promesa de Belén, a fully operational, 6000-square-foot clinic that will serve the needy community of Belén. The local government has donated the land we need; we're now actively working with an architect and pursuing funds for construction.
The New York professional chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has taken the lead with the EWB student chapters at Binghamton and Brown Universities in collaborating with Amazon Promise to design and construct the Belen Clinic.
EWB is an international network of practicing engineers and engineering students whose mission is to promote sustainable development in such areas as water supply and sanitation, housing and construction, energy, transportation and communication, income generation, and employment creation. Over the last year, EWB Binghamton students completed two site visits in Belen, and have been working with local architects and engineers to develop waste management and clean water systems, and alternative energy sources. The EWB Brown students visited Belen in early 2007, and have been focusing their efforts on the clinic design and structural development.
The EWB NY project team has split into several working groups including Structural/Geotechnical Engineering, Water/Sanitation, Electrical, Mechanical, Construction, Sustainability and Architecture, and Fundraising/Marketing
We now have over 25 engineers who have voluntarily dedicated themselves to this project, and they will continue to work closely with architects and civil engineers on the ground in Peru to see the project through to completion.
