Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) is a non-profit national humanitarian organization focused on the development of sustainable, renewable, and environmentally friendly projects around the world. The organization addresses “people’s basic human needs by providing necessities such as clean water, sanitation and education.”
Engineers Without Borders USA works on engineering projects aimed at empowering communities to meet their basic human needs. Volunteers work on long term projects focused on solving various issues with the most common being water, sanitation, civil works, agriculture, energy or infrastructure. The Chua Chua community and their alpacas need an efficient means of storing and distributing spring water from above their community for alpaca. The Chua Chua community and their alpacas need an efficient means of storing and distributing spring water from above their community for alpaca.
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EWB-SIT Officially Adopts Project! We began to further understand the scope, met with community leaders, established our mentor and local partners to begin project work. During this time we devoted a lot of time to figuring out the communities needs and what they wanted for the project.
Five students and two mentors traveled to the community to complete an Assessment trip. They accomplished the following:
Six students and two mentors traveled to the community to complete an 18-day implementation trip to build a spring collection system. Assessment trip activities were completed simultaneously to prepare for the second implementation. The following was accomplished:
EWB-SIT plans to travel and complete a second implementation in August of 2026. Currently the project development team is in the Alternatives Analysis Phase. The team has been broken into three sub teams to design a new reservoir, an irrigation system or a cascading dam system. We are on schedule to complete a monitoring trip in August of 2027, with a projected close out of the project in December 2027.
Through EWB students can gain hands on project experience reinforcing topics learned and class. Build Professional and leadership skills. From project management, technical writing, public speaking, grant writing and more.
Connect with EWB's vast network of professionals, mentors and other students that can accelerate your career.
Partnering with international communities to solve real world problems in topics like infrastructure, water, sanitation or energy.
" EWB attracts the best people on campus and the world in my opinion. People who are driven academically, who seek to create a positive impact in the world. Being able to interact with people from different majors, backgrounds and mindsets provides a rich environment for innovation. I have personally met some of my best friends through EWB and hope to continue making long lasting connections with peers, professionals and mentors. "
Our chapter has hosted several professional development events including resume reviews, linkedin headshots, and mock interview opportunities.
Public Speaking
Students also have opportunities to share their projects and passions frequently by attending professional chapter meetings, conferences or other networking events.
Our fundraising team actively engages with many businesses and professionals from various different fields.
As part of our mission we aim to also educate our team and others to the amazing culture of the Chua Chua community. In the past we have hosted events with our campus's Latin American Society and Study Abroad Office to further learn and discover other's traditions.
To also serve our local community we have completed beach clean ups, and other community service events to give back to the local community.
" One of favorite part of EWB is seeing the hard work of a team come together and how the results of that hard work has a tangible benefit on the situation of others. Visiting the community during the Assessment Trip represented so much more than the work on the trip. The hours on Saturdays, late nights working on reports with the team, organizing travle logistics in another country, and the work of an entire team back home rode next to us on the plane to Peru. It was a privilege to carry the responsibility for that and serve not only the community but also my peers back home."
