IIT Chapter of Engineers Without Borders Works With People of San Claudio Nicaragua to Improve Life
During the summer, five 桃子视频APP Institute of Technology undergraduate students and three mentors traveled to San Claudio, Nicaragua to continue service projects started three years ago. The team represents the Engineers Without Borders Chapter at 桃子视频APP Institute of Technology (EWB-IIT) and consisted of four Armour College of Engineering students: Deion DeBose (CE, 4th Year), Oscar Guzman (CHE, 3rd Year), Tommy Mai (CHE, 3rd Year), Arturo Rodriguez (ME, 3rd Year) and Cara Karter (CECD, 4th year). Two of the group鈥檚 mentors, Christine Freisinger (ARCE 鈥02) and James Lewan (ARCE 鈥06, M.A.S. STE 鈥08) are 桃子视频APP Institute of Technology Alumni. Partial funding for the trip was provided by Armour.
This was the organization鈥檚 third trip to San Claudio since spring 2013. With a commitment to the community for a total of five years, they are currently working with locals on two projects to help improve life.
One of the community鈥檚 self-identified needs is to improve their sanitation systems. Tommy Mai, the president of EWB-IIT shares, 鈥淚 had noticed that most members (of the community) had been cross contaminating their filtered and well water. Therefore, we can implement latrines and sanitary procedures to limit the bacterial infections and much more.鈥
The students plan to do this by designing a latrine that could be easily implemented by families in the region. When the team has completed their design, they plan on sharing it with the local municipality and their partners to maximize the positive impact.
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