On October 5, 2018, 80 plus people came to celebrate and make a difference in someone's life by supporting Engineers Without Borders at our our annual year-end gala, SFari! Hayley Farr posted a great set of photos (including one above) at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AsdKbwUtJTl3hJkfrBua2R8cM4VH2Q All proceeds from the event will go directly to our projects in Haiti, Kenya, Fiji, Honduras, and Nicaragua. We enjoyed a night of music and fun with a DJ and a full cash bar as well as a silent auction and raffle. Volunteer teams were available to talk to people and learn more about the work … [Read more...] about Engineers Without Borders San Francisco Professionals SFari event
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7-6-18 EWB and Composting Toilets talk at Lamorinda Rotary Club
At the Lamorinda Rotary Club, I gave an overview of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) and the San Francisco Professional (SFP) chapter; an overview of global sanitation and composting toilets, and specifics about the EWB-SFP Appropriate Technology Design Team (ATDT) composting latrine project work in in Nicaragua. A few photos are at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmm1j3GP The talk is at: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rTRB4M3JSF4ujYhDka29ymitzOmyXaJB2oxxgXeK1aU/edit?usp=sharing … [Read more...] about 7-6-18 EWB and Composting Toilets talk at Lamorinda Rotary Club
EWB-SFP General Chapter Meeting
At the June meeting, Elizabeth Joyce presented on Engineering Service Corps and Mary Lou Romero on the Kenya team project. … [Read more...] about EWB-SFP General Chapter Meeting
Rotary Global Grants at District 5170 Conference
Presented three posters that showed the completion of 87 composting latrines in Nicaragua and the other approved and in-process Global Grants in the pipeline for the Rotary Club of Livermore and Area 4. For 2018-2019 DDF, the Area 4 clubs have allocated enough to do a Global Grant. The photos show Coyle and Milly Seibel, Area 4 Assistant Governor and Past President of the the Rotary Club of Livermore, who supported the Global Grant for the composting latrines and the formation of the Area 4 World Service Committee. … [Read more...] about Rotary Global Grants at District 5170 Conference
Engineers Without Borders – San Francisco Professional chapter annual fundraising gala, SFari 2017
We had a great time at our Engineers Without Borders – San Francisco Professional chapter annual fundraising gala, SFari 2017, at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco on Thursday, October 19th. Our El Llanito Nicaragua project team had a gift basket for the silent auction, a poster, and we showed video and photos about our project to implement a water pumping, storage and distribution system based on an existing well in the community of El Llanito, near the municipality of Santa Lucia, Nicaragua. Our Appropriate Technology Design Team (Research and Development Group) Nicaragua … [Read more...] about Engineers Without Borders – San Francisco Professional chapter annual fundraising gala, SFari 2017