ILF supports Engineers Without Borders in Tshumbe (DR Congo)
moreILF has been supporting and providing technical advice for Engineers Without Borders Austria (IOG), a non-profit association for technical development cooperation, since 2017.
From 2021 until 2024, the IOG project team, together with the Tyrolean partner association “Zukunft für Tshumbe” (Future for Tshumbe), are planning to implement a water project for a primary school and kindergarten in Tshumbe (DR Congo).
This TSHUWA project shall comprise facilities for wastewater treatment, rainwater drainage, sustainable drinking water abstraction and state-of the-art rainwater storage.
The IOG team, which includes committed ILF staff, have been helping with the technical design for this project. They have planned and designed the constructed wetland wastewater treatment plant and the rainwater storage and drainage facilities.