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The Columbia University chapter of Engineers Without Borders aims to address the problems facing people both locally and abroad by leveraging the skills, talents and passions of Columbia University students and the partnerships formed with our organization. Our members come from all engineering and arts backgrounds, sharing the desire to do meaningful work in improving the lives of others through creative, sustainable, engineering solutions. more?

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Ghana Team Update

October 4, 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized by clayton.dahlman

The rest of year 2009 looks like it’s going to be a busy one for the Ghana program, who just had a team travel to the field this summer. With comprehensive site assessment data and four potential projects, the team is ready to begin data processing, analysis and project design.  We have formed teams for each of the projects: water distribution system, rainwater harvesting system, public latrines, and waste management/recycling system.  Our tasks are now to analyze our data and do research to understand the problems we are addressing and brainstorm possible solutions. After this, we will perform feasibility studies for each of the projects and identify one project to focus on for our next implementation trip.  We will simultaneously be fundraising for this upcoming implementation.