| Posted 2/1/2010 at 11:05 AM by PeaceJam Bot | |
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 Engineers Without Border- Fort Lewis College Chapter
Project Created: Monday, February 01, 2010
Project Leader: Max B
Location: Phonsovan, Laos
Project Goal: Engineers Without Borders aims to provide potable water to rural villages in developing countries. We work with student volunteers from Fort Lewis College in both Southeast Asia and Ecuador bringing sustainable technologies to those who have no resources or access to clean water.
Project Cause: Villagers may not have the neccesary resources or access to clean water, as well as lacking basic sanitation education. EWB aims to confront and solve these issues to better their lives.
Project Plan: We work closely with the design and construction of gravity fed water systems in order to bring potable water from distant sources and distribute through taps in a village. We also put on workshops in the village to help to improve sanitation education.
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| Posted 2/1/2010 at 11:12 AM by Bradlee A (Bradlee) | |
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 Awesome! Massively important to help with the current water crises. |
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| Posted 2/1/2010 at 12:26 PM by Bradlee A (Bradlee) | |
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| Is this similar to Water For People? Maybe a potential partnership can be hatched. |
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| Posted 2/1/2010 at 3:23 PM by Shelly P (pupillo888) | |
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 Great project! Keep us updated. |
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| Posted 2/1/2010 at 4:13 PM by Dawn E (Dawn) | |
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 This is an absolutely fantastic project, Max -- great work! And yes, please keep us updated on the progress that you all are able to make. |
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| Posted 2/1/2010 at 5:54 PM by Theresa K (theresak) | |
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 Very important work. It will be awesome if students can use their education in engineering to create sustainable water systems. |
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| Posted 2/2/2010 at 9:36 AM by Ellinda M (ellinda) | |
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 Isn't it awesome??
Max is tha bomb!! |
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| Posted 2/2/2010 at 9:57 AM by Jen C (jennabellec) | |
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 Max I really like this project and love that it utilizes students' academic skills is such a important and helpful way. I was wondering how this group got started up at the school too because this seems like something that could spread to other campuses. But just as everyone said, keep us updated on the project and the trip of the group. |
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| Posted 2/2/2010 at 1:51 PM by Camila M (Camila) | |
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 This is excellent. One of my friends did a project like this in Honduras and loved it. Water is obviously something everyone needs, and being able to utilize your skills for such a project is an incredible opportunity. Keep us posted about how your project develops.
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