Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders
Founded:	2005
Recognition:	ABC
Membership:	80
Executive Board:	2011 Year Claudia Vargas, Co-President Kevin Ma, Co-President Kristina Lee, Funding Chair Bethany Schneider, Education Chair Christine Liu, Public Relations Chair Allison Duh, Events Chair Min Ye Shen, Secretary Rebecca Ciez, Treasurer David Bendetto, Webmaster Suraj Cheema, Project Manager (Ghana) Alison Ferris, Project Manager (Uganda)
Category:	Community Service, Pre-professional
Website:	http://www.cuewb.org
Contact:	cu-ewb@columbia.edu

Engineers Without Borders is a student volunteer organization aimed at applying technical engineering skills toward aiding impoverished communities across the world. This is achieved designed solutions to problems raised by a community in a developing country, raising funds for these designs and finally sending groups of students to the country in order to implement these solutions.

Vision and Mission

Our vision is a world in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs, and that our members have enriched global perspectives through the innovative professional educational opportunities that the EWB-USA program provides.

EWB-USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders.

Past Projects

• Orissa, India - building a micro hydro system to provide a low cost energy source to the community
• Obodan, Ghana - increasing availability of drinking water, improving conditions for meat production, improving sanitary conditions of lavatories

Current Projects

• Obadan, Ghana
• Soroti, Uganda

External Links

Columbia University Engineers Without Borders Official Website