About EWB-WWU
EWB-WWU is the student chapter Engineers Without Borders at Walla Walla University. We are committed to improving the world we live in, locally and abroad. We decided to take action and help the world through direct, lasting, and personal contributions to communities in the form of infrastructure and resource management.
Our local chapter was established in 2007 and currently has 30 active members. Their majors include Math, Biology, Humanities, Communications, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and others.
From 15-22 September 2008, a team from EWB-WWU went to the Luis Garcia Community school in Luis Garcia, Honduras to evaluate a project with local community leaders and engineers. This community was established after a devastating Hurricane Mitch in 1998 that leveled their former community and they moved to a location about 16 miles south of San Pedro Sula in the north-west part of the country.
The projects include improving a very inadequate sanitation system, expanding an elementary school, construction of a kindergarten facility, and developing a public health program. The project will be built in phases with a total estimated project cost of $100,000.00. All of these needs will be addressed with the cooperation and assistance of the local community and will be completed in a manner that will allow the local community members to maintain the projects themselves.
A larger team plans to return to the area and begin construction in the summer of 2009, once the designs are completed.
About EWB-USA
EWB is a non-profit international organization, organized in 2000 and currently includes student chapters on over 220 campuses, and nearly 100 professional chapters, and supports a growing membership of over 12,000.
Their Mission:
1. Assist developing communities worldwide with their self-identified engineering challenges.
2. Train internationally responsible engineering students.
Executive Officers for Academic Year 2008-2009
Presidente
John Hawkins
Vice Presidente
Sally Roth
Tesorero (Treasurer)
Denver Harris
Secretaria
Heather Ferguson
Project Committee
Cody Hanson, Kiffer Green, Victor Shepherd, Jorge Campos, Kevin Ford, Drake Byrkit, Ben Henry, Oskar Rojas, Kelvin Bidwell, Kimmie Coggins
Fundraising Committee
Jorge Campos, Drake Byrkit, Kimmie Coggins, Karl Tablante, Sally Roth
PR Committee
Victor Shepherd, Drake Byrkit, Kimmie Coggins