News

Successful Implementation Trip! - Pinalito, DR

February 6, 2014

A travel team of six students and two professional mentors returned in late January from a successful implementation trip in the Dominican Republic! The community, EWB team, and a contracted local drill team collaborated to install a 160 ft. well with a submersible pump with automated electrical system for storage tank filling. They also laid several hundred feet of distribution piping. All initial tests indicate that the water is clean, and the well capacity is more than sufficient to sustain the community. This trip was an...

EWB-USA Fundraiser

December 3, 2013

Please consider giving to the community of Pinalito this holiday season. The Harvard chapter of Engineers Without Borders is working with the community to provide access to potable water. Community members currently collect water from a river that is heavily contaminated from pesticides and other toxins. We are...

South Central Regional Conference

November 16, 2013

Some members of our chapter traveled to the EWB South Central Regional Conference a few weeks ago. At the conference they met an amazing group of fellow EWB members and learned about their projects. Our group also had the opportunity to give a presentation on our project and what we have learned so far.

EWB Habitat for Humanity Build

October 27, 2013

Last weekend members of our group, with the help of Harvard Habitat for Humanity, spent a day working on a great project for a great cause. While HUEWB focuses on meeting the needs of developing nations in the international sector, working with our surrounding community was a way for HUEWB to connect with our neighborhood. If you missed this build, watch out for our spring habitat build!

Latest News

Update on Nectar Grant.

April 17, 2017

For this calendar year, EWB has received grants from the following sponsors:

Engineers Without Borders Nectar Grant - $8000.

The chapter still seeks to raise $ 63075 to facilitate implementation trips to Los Sachez, DR and Mkutani, Tanzania. Without this amount the chapter cannot partake in its respective implementation trips. To donate, please click here...

Project Update- The Mkutani Team

March 29, 2017

The Mkutani team submitted their latrine and teacher housing pre-tip implementation plans along with their construction safety plan! Over 150 pages of Mkutani content is now under EWB-USA review.

Acknowledgement - EWB Grants and Fundraisers.

February 28, 2017

Grants received by the chapter are distributed between the chapter’s two current projects. Thus far, the chapter’s main source of revenue has been grants from Harvard University. This year, they have strengthened their relationship with larger funding sources like the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Phillips Brooks House Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship, and the Harvard Global Health Institute. They have been awarded one $8,000 and one $4,000 grant from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied...