Student Work: Engineers Without Borders, Sierra Leone

By Caden Ohlwiler on Jan. 28, 2013, noon

In the summer of 2012, four Princeton students traveled to Koidu, Sierra Leone, looking for a community to partner with for a new Engineers Without Borders project.

A group of four students working with the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-Princeton) were in Sierra Leone last summer to talk with local citizens and leaders about opening a new program. EWB-Princeton will be partnering with the village of Dorma to address a few of the basic needs of the community. The students noted that the village has seen little continual effort for a redevelopment of infrastructure in the postwar decade.

Student Work: Princeton University Orchestra .

Princeton University Orchestra

Partnerships yield global impact for Engineers Without Borders .

When Josh Umansky-Castro joined Engineers Without Borders as a freshman, he traveled to the remote mountain town of La Pitajaya, Peru, to help build and maintain two water distribution systems serving 21 families.

Student work: Engineers Without Borders in La Pitajaya .

In summer 2015, six students from the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders traveled to northern Peru to close out what has been a five-year partnership with the community of La Pitajaya. The students have constructed two water distribution systems for the upper and lower parts of the village, bringing a constant source of clean drinking water to every family.

Video feature: Potable Water for La Pitajaya .

Students in the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders have scouted their newest project: building a pipeline to bring drinking water to 150 residents in the village of La Pitajaya, Peru. According to the students, the residents have no source of clean water and resultant sickness is common in the isolated community.

Student engineers' project expands access to clean water in Kenyan village .

In 2012, Swahili lecturer Mahiri Mwita approached Princeton University's chapter of Engineers Without Borders with the idea of starting a project in the Kuria District of Kenya where he grew up. Three years later, a team of Princeton engineering students has helped design and build an award-winning rainwater catchment system there to provide clean, reliable water, and the group plans to build another system this summer.

Breakout Princeton civic engagement trip to Houston .

Since 2008, the Pace Center for Civic Engagement has sponsored Breakout Princeton trips during fall and spring breaks. In this video, sophomore Ray Chao chronicles the fall 2012 trip that examined how the criminal justice system affects juveniles in Houston.