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EWB-USA Projects
EWB-USA’s 350+ active projects lie at the core of our mission. Through these projects EWB-USA helps communities address their basic needs by partnering them directly with professional and student engineers. The scope of work being carried out by EWB-USA chapters is diverse, ranging from the construction of a health clinic in Peru to the implementation of household bio-sand filters in Cameroon. While engineering is at the heart and soul of our organization, every chapter takes a holistic approach to development by incorporating a variety of disciplines into their project teams. Chapters often capitalize on the expertise of anthropologists, educators, statisticians, sociologists, health professionals, and scientists to address both educational and technical aspects of the program.
EWB-USA’s unique grassroots approach requires that all program proposals come directly from the communities themselves. This increases the likelihood of success by ensuring that the needs addressed by our chapters are being identified and driven by the community. Every program begins with an assessment trip where the chapter performs a community needs assessment and works with the community to identify their priorities. During the following years the chapter returns to perform further assessment, implementation, training, and monitoring and evaluation trips. Throughout the program community members receive training on the maintenance and operation of their infrastructure and a financial mechanism is established to ensure long term economic sustainability. All chapters work with communities for a minimum of five years.
We invite you to learn more about our active programs or obtain more information about submitting an application by using the links to the right of this page. |
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