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Much of EWB-NEU's motivation in this village comes from a villager named Carlos, who has captured
many of the organization member's hearts. Carlos had the misfortune of being struck with Polio at an early age, impeding his ability to walk. Carlos
is now forced to walk on his hands; seeing him carry his 50lb jerrycan with one hand and walking up the mountain with the other made EWB-NEU's
decision to work in this village all that much easier. EWB-NEU believes that they have both the knowledge and the resources to make this project a
successful one. This project will be pursued concurrently with another village, Los Oreros.
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The village of El Carrizalito has a population of just under 200 people and is located at the top of a rocky mountain at an elevation of over
3500' above sea level. EWB-NEU has decided to take on the challenge of designing and implementing a non-gravity fed water system in El Carrizalito,
a village where the location of their main water source is positioned at lowest point of the village. In order to go ahead with this design, EWB-NEU
came to the conclusion that electricity was necessary to bring to the village in order to power a water pump to transport water to the village.