We are here, doing well. Community is going faster than we anticipated. 167 people came to kickoff meeting that CAPS (legally recognized water committee) set agenda for and ran very effectively. We broke ground on the well support building foundation excavation and for the two pressure break tanks. We staked and marked the route for the pipeline. Today over 100 people started at 6 AM excavating for the pipeline. Forms for pressure break tanks were constructed. Here are a few photos. … [Read more...] about Great start on El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project
Rotary
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On our way to Nicaragua
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We’re on the Avianca flight from SFO, with stop in San Salvador, due into Managua a little after 9am. We will have two teams of six people, traveling for about a week, with couple days overlap, returning 18. January, to get started on this project. Our travel teams will include UC Berkeley students who are participating in the project. I am also bringing water filters from Darrell Ward, a Rotarian from Oklahoma. He’s been working with Alcance And the Rotary Club of Masaya to distribute them to communities who need them I’m also bringing Foldscopes for a person at the … [Read more...] about On our way to Nicaragua
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First Round of Mini-Grants Awarded
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Thanks to The Independent for running: First Round of Mini-Grants Awarded https://www.independentnews.com/community/milestones/first-round-of-mini-grants-awarded/article_174a1810-efa5-11e9-bf83-070eb42bfcca.html … [Read more...] about First Round of Mini-Grants Awarded
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Engineers Without Borders (EWB) and El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project presentation to the Rotary Club of Livermore
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My friend Nile Runge shared the video of the talk with me. The video of the talk is here: The slides are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A4FFNh9duvF0sKqtf5sY1IYYX3h5FSTS/view?usp=sharing … [Read more...] about Engineers Without Borders (EWB) and El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project presentation to the Rotary Club of Livermore
Engineers Without Borders San Francisco Professionals 2019 SFari event
On September 26, 2019, 100 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! The day before, I presented on EWB and our team's El Llanito, Nicaragua water supply project to the Rotary Club of Livermore: The talk is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A4FFNh9duvF0sKqtf5sY1IYYX3h5FSTS/view?usp=sharing All proceeds from the SFari event will go directly to our projects in Haiti, Kenya, Fiji, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Ethiopia. We enjoyed a night of great food, music and fun with a DJ and a … [Read more...] about Engineers Without Borders San Francisco Professionals 2019 SFari event