PowerPoint Presentation (Overview)
*Main mission: to implement economically and cost effective solutions for areas in need of help (ex. water sanitation)
*EWB: international organization, implementing economically and cost effective solutions (ex. water sanitation) for areas in need of help
*Current Project: Water Sanitation for Community in Isongo, Kenya
-Goal: to provide clean water source
-Assessment trip —> Completed in Winter break
General Announcements
* Biweekly GBMs: Every Monday starting TODAY, @ 4-5:30 PM
Assessment Trip Update
*Assessment Team:
- Lee Blaney, Ph.D
- Duane Wilding, PE
- Dalton Hughes
- Chris Mullen
*Local NGO - Simiyu House
*Focus: creating clean, secure drinking source in the area of Isongo
*Community wants:
-To protect water source (used for drinking, cooking, hygiene)
-To purify their water
*Data collected
-Bacteria tests (ex. for E.coli)
-Chemical Analysis (phosphorus & nitrogen levels)
-Results: showed high levels of bacteria & chemicals
* Interviewing Isongo Residents
- Found contamination, safety hazards from their latrines (unimproved, unprotected)
- Found issues in using water for hygiene, and food/drinking
* Visit to Masinde Muliro University
- Bonded/talked w/ fellow engineer students in Kenya
* Proposed Solution
-Educate residents on the project, and the hygiene and water sanitation
- Dig a borehole
-Construct a spring box
Goals
* Raise awareness across UMBC Campus
-URCAD
-URA
*Fundraising Goal: $26,000
-Airfare
- Construction Materials
- Lodging/Food
*Join a committee today:
-Fundraising & Research
~ In charge of obtaining info/research for the project at hand
-PR/IT (Public relations/Information Technology)
~ Organizes information, maintain websites (tumblr, facebook, twitter, google docs, etc.)
~ Working on the hygiene sub-project
-Fundraising & Grant Writing
~ 2 big grants due (need to get information organized form trip) by end of February
~ Fundraiser idea: Sell/make engraved glass cups (from Isongo) in the breezeway
~ Reaching out to local engineering firms, giving presentations about our project
Contact
* EWB @ UMBC: umbc.ewb@gmail.com
