About the EWB-USA, JHU Chapter:
Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) is a non-profit humanitarian organization that contributes to meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals through engineering and technological means. The activities of EWB-USA programs range from constructing sustainable systems to enhancing technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial skills of the communities. In the end, all projects revolve around the theme of using engineering in "Building a better world, one community at a time."
The Johns Hopkins University chapter (EWB-JHU), established in Spring 2005, seeks to fulfill these goals through the participation and partnership of students, professors, and professionals.
Sponsors:
We would especially like to recognize our more significant donors for their generous donations:
Bentley Systems Inc.
Boeing
We would also like to thank all of the local business who contributed wonderful gifts for our raffle prizes.The following local businesses contributed prizes to our raffle during the Dessert Reception in February 2012:
Ceriello
Eddie's Market
Cloud 9 Clothing
Pitango Gelato
Minas
Lynne's
TROHV
In the Details
Ciao Bella
Caesar's Den
Salamander Books
Custom Butterfly Art
Charm City Yoga
Please see the full list of donors.
FALL 2011 TEAM MEETING TIMES:
ECUADOR
Tuesdays @7:15pm, Ames 302
SOUTH AFRICA
Thursdays @6pm, Ames 302
GUATEMALA
Thursday @8pm, Barton 117
Please go to Calendar to view info about all upcoming events.
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Summer Newsletter:
Project Descriptions
Ecuador Project: Santa Rosa de Ayora is a small community close to Cayambe, Ecuador with a population of approximately 1000. Most of the men and women in the community work at a flower plantation during the day, and because the community currently does not have an approved childcare facility for children under the age of four, children are often left home alone. We have proposed to build a childcare facility to provide the children a safe, educational place to stay during the day. This facility will also double as a community meeting center during the evenings, and in the future, the community plans to add a second floor to the building. Together with community members, the Mayor of Cayambe, students and faculty at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, and professional engineers from the Baltimore area and Chesapeake Bay chapter of EWB-USA, we are working to bring a daycare center that will have a lasting impact on the community.
Guatemala Project: Chicorral is a rural community with fewer than 200 people, located in the highlands of Guatemala. People live in extreme poverty and survive largely off subsistence agriculture. There is currently only one main source of portable water in the community: a spring at the bottom of a steep, 100 meter deep ravine. Children spend their recesses climbing down the ravine to fill their empty soda bottles and the women spend more than ½ hour each trip to retrieve household water. Even so, Individuals are not believed to get the widely recommended 15 liters per person per day. We plan to implement a solar powered water pump and filtration system to bring water directly to the community.
South Africa Project: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa suffers from a 39.1% HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, much higher than the 29% national average. Elderly grandmothers (ngogos) are left behind with the primary responsibility of caring for orphans and vulnerable children of afflicted parents. To support the children, the ngogos practice subsistence agriculture. They experience great physical strains from manually carrying water from nearby streams to their gardens which takes time away from other daily activities, such as educating the children. As of 2011, the South Africa team has implemented 11 sustainable hydro-powered ram pump systems in various South Africa communities to alleviate this problem.
Updated 02/01/2012