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Water Distribution | Porvenir, El Salvador

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Description of Project:

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Community Health in the Developing World

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Approaching the Community: Community Health in the Developing World

In March 2009, EWB-Tufts held its second annual Spring Semester Workshop. This year, we branched out from Engineering to a more multi-discipline presentation about Community Health in Developing Communities. Professors from throughout the Tufts Community came to present in their fields of interest on topics ranging from Epidemiology, working with the IRB, to Water Quality Testing.

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Slow Sand Filtration

glarus01 — Thu, 06 May 2010 11:01:05 -0500

In January 2009, EWB-Tufts held its first annual Spring Semester Workshop. This years topic was Slow Sand Filtration, a common type of technology used for purifying water in the developing world. Over 100 people from across the Greater Boston area came to Tufts to attend.

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Spring Workshop Series

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Tufts students engineer water solution

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EWB 2010 Winter Newletter

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Winter 2010 Newsletter

Download a PDF of our most recent newsletter here:
Winter 2010 Newsletter

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Clean Water | Uganda

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Clean Water Access: Shilongo Village, Uganda

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Projects

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Contact

Matt Mercier — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:04:52 -0500

For a list of our current executive board members and advisors, please visit our People page.

We are always open to feedback so feel free to contact us with all of your suggestions, questions, ideas, concerns at:

TuftsEWB@Gmail.com

Institute for Global Leadership
96 Packard Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
United States of America

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Donate

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Tufts EWB Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Tufts Chapter of Engineers Without Borders, in partnership with the national organization, to design sustainable development projects for communities around the world, to engage students, faculty and campus in the process, and ultimately aim the skills and abilites of its members to develop those of another culture for the purpose of improving standards of living, empowring communities and developing socially and globally responsible engineers and citizens.

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Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG)

Matt Mercier — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:58:10 -0500

http://www.aidg.org/

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Tufts University

Matt Mercier — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:57:31 -0500

http://www.tufts.edu/

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Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC)

Matt Mercier — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:56:12 -0500

http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/programs/epiic

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Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship & Public Service

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http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/

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Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA)

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http://www.ewb-usa.org/

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PEOPLE

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Board Members:

Ian Maclellan President

David Meyers Vice President

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Local Initiatives

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Building a better community, one project at a time

It is the goal of Tufts EWB Local Outreach to involve the community both at Tufts and in the Medford/Somerville area in our group’s mission. Besides participating in campus events such as Community Day and Kids Day, we assist students and teachers in local schools with their science curriculum.

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Green Building | Ecuador

Matt Mercier — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:40:26 -0500

Click for:

Brief Description of Project | Trip Reports | Contact Information

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Clean Water | Arada Vieja

Matt Mercier — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:27:54 -0500

Description of Project: Our goal was to provide the town of Arada Vieja with a sustainable clean water source. The protection of the spring source, effective filtration, system maintenance, and in-depth community education were the main goals of this project.

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Past Projects

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Program Summary 2007-2008: Engineers Without Borders -Tufts (EWB)

Matt Mercier — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:57:23 -0500

Some of the IGL’s most interesting and effectual endeavors arise from projects created by the eclectic array of student groups initiated within the Institute. The program summary, implemented in a standardized format for the first time in the 2007-2008 academic year, is intended to encapsulate the purpose, goals, and accomplishments of the student groups throughout the year. The program summary is as much a tool to encourage reflection and strategic planning within the student group as it is a medium to describe the group to the outside world, other students, collaborators, and donors.

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San Jose Villanueva, El Salvador

Matt Mercier — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600

During the winter 2008 trip to San Jose Villanueva, El Salvador, Tufts Engineers Without Borders learned of the need for a bridge in an area of town where the road is prone to flooding and impassable by pedestrians and vehicles during the rainy season. Mike Jenkins, head of the NGO with which Tufts EWB partners in El Salvador, alerted the EWB January travel team to the situation and brought the team to visit the site. Among local community members, there was widespread desire to construct a bridge, but insufficient funds with which to pay for the bridge design.

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El Cristal, Ecuador

Matt Mercier — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600

The Ecuador project is now in its final stage. Students Brittany Wright, Julia Green and Amy Piscopo traveled with Tufts EWB alumnus Jonathan Crocker to El Cristal, Ecuador in January 2008 in order to perform water quality tests on two of the main water systems and provide the results to the community. While in El Cristal, the travel team learned that in the fall of 2007 the local water board had used the water quality data from the August trip to apply to the municipal government of Cotacachi for funding to install a slow-sand filter in the main system.

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Arada Vieja, El Salvador

Matt Mercier — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Over winter break, a team of six Tufts EWB members traveled with Professor Durant to El Salvador to continue work in Arada Vieja. The team included seniors Jonathan Zack and Sara Jackson, juniors Russell Hyatt, Jon Gregorowicz, and Kate Siegel, and sophomore Lauren Morris. This group, representing engineers and community health majors, focused their efforts on the construction of a permanent lid for the spring box located at the beginning of the water system. Prior to lid construction, the spring box was open to the air and thus polluted with algae, bacteria, garbage, and insects.

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EWB-USA Project Review

Matt Mercier — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600

EWB-Tufts students presented their projects to the Technical Advisory Committee of Engineers Without
Borders-USA for review and approval to carry out the project. A team of engineers and advisors commented
on the proposed plans and gave suggestions on how to improve designs. Both teams were approved to
travel.

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Faculty Project Review Session

Matt Mercier — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Students presented proposed objectives and designs for their upcoming project trips to their faculty advisers.
The faculty were encouraged to use their professional opinions and assist in the final designs to ensure all
goals were met and no problems were visible.

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Prototype Build Session

Matt Mercier — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Students from the El Salvador project team began work to rebuild last year's slow sand filter prototype. The
goal of the prototype is to get students acquainted with the technology to prepare them for future trips, as
well as to model the filters in order to get data on flow rate and other variables that could be changed in the
field to increase effectiveness.

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Project Exposition

Matt Mercier — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Members of the EWB-Tufts Executive Board and project leaders presented summer trip progress to parents,
faculty, and students. A general EWB overview was given, as well as summaries of past trips for each of the
projects, but focus was on the most recent trips to show parents and interested students the organization is
still active.

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Community Day

Matt Mercier — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Tufts students, faculty, and staff came together with members of the community to share the research and
education taking place across the university. EWB-Tufts presented its projects and activities to generate
interest in the group and raise awareness about the issues EWB-Tufts seeks to address.

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Potters For Peace

Matt Mercier — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Ron Rivera, international coordinator of Potters for Peace, presented on ceramic filter technology. Potters
For Peace is a U.S.-based non-profit whose goals are to offer support, solidarity and friendship to developing
world potters; assist with appropriate technologies sustained using local skills and materials; help preserve
cultural traditions; and assist in marketing locally, regionally and internationally.

www.pottersforpeace.org