EWB Info Session on new water project in Haiti

EWB (Engineers Without Borders) is looking to start on a project focused on improving water quality and access and helping to provide safe water to neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, and orphanages in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We have established a relationship with International Action, a community-based organization with a central office in Washington, D.C that has been working in Haiti for almost 5 years, and they are excited about the prospect of partnering with us. We are currently looking for Brown engineers to get involved in the project which is likely to entail design optimization, protocol development, fund raising efforts, assessment trips, team work and lead to a broadened awareness of how the skills you are learning are relevant and how they can be applied.

If any of the above is of interest to you, please come to a BRIEF meeting to be held this Thursday from 7:00-7:30pm in Barus and Holly 190 about this project. If you can't make it to the meeting, but are interested in the project please email Sharon_Makava@brown.edu asap.

Looking forward to seeing you a the meeting!

Sharon Makava
Chemical Engineering '11

For more information on International Action in Haiti please visit : http://www.haitiwater.org/