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EWB-USA: NC STATE
Our Sierra Leone Renewable Energy Project is competing on Smilemundo for a 1000 euro grant! The Smilemundo grant will cover part of the implementation stage of their project. The grant will be used to buy project materials directly from solar vendors in Freetown, Sierra Leone, thus helping the local fledgling renewable energy market. Learn more [...]
Our President, Velvet Gaston will be spending her summer in Sierra Leone. She will be working with the LemonAid Fund, the same non-profit our Sierra Leone projects help support. Visit her blog!
The Bolivia Water Sanitation team is on an implementation trip this summer. They are working with the community of Asanquiri in the highlands of Bolivia. Visit their blog:
This year’s benefit dinner will be on November 15th at 7 pm. Location: McKimmon Center Cost: $35 ($40 for late registration).
On March 9th, 2013 the Bolivian government passed a comprehensive law to give the power to charge perpetrators of violence against women. The law allows crimes to be charged with up to 30 years in prison, when formally only a few days and community service discouraged violence. This law will give much more leverage for [...]
Management Engineers Without Borders chapters, within both professional and student chapters, are fortunate to have membership and leadership that 50% female representation, which is disproportionate for the STEM fields. The success of these engineering projects highly depends on the leadership and analyses made by the varied teams. This has been proven in scientific and engineering [...]
A non-profit formed from an EWB-USA chapter is doing some pretty cool stuff. Check out Unite To Light , a non-profit focused on education and sustainable solar lighting and charging for the developing world, if you are interested.
Are you excited for watching the Wolfpack (or whatever heathen team you support…) WIN the NCAA Tournament! Do you want to make a donation to Engineers Without Borders? Submit a bracket for a suggested donation of $5. Send a filled out bracket to Wes. Receive: 1 point in the 1st round 2 points in the [...]
EWB-USA NCSU Ideas & Discussions: Appropriate Forms of International Aid Questions for Conversation: Why is international aid important? Do developing communities really need or want outside support? What makes international aid effective? What are signs of ineffective aid? Points for Support: As a chapter of EWB-USA, members are charged to support: community-driven development programs worldwide [...]