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Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. This partnership involves the implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while involving and training internationally responsible engineers and engineering students.

Who we are:
Since our founding in 2004, EWB-Yale has been fortunate to work with communities in Honduras and Cameroon on projects improving water and sanitation systems. A registered undergraduate organization, we have students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds, and extremely dedicated mentors, faculty advisors, alumni and collaborators on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2011, EWB-Yale was honored with a Premier Project reward from EWB-USA. Read the press release here.

What we do:
On campus

• Project-specific technical training and workshops for all members, lunch talks, research presentations
• Participate in campus-wide events such as Water Week and the Public Health Coallition lunch speaker series
• Member of Yale Public Health Coalition and Dwight Hall Center for Public Service and Social Justice

In New Haven

• Outreach in local schools
• Pen pal exchange between the Kikoo Catholic School and New Haven’s Conte West Magnet School

Worldwide

• 2005-2006:El Rosario, Honduras
• 2007-present: Kikoo, Cameroon

Our parent organization EWB-USA is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit with over 250 student and professional chapters. Since its inception at the University of Colorado in 2000, it has grown to more than 350 projects and 12,000 members nationwide.

Contact us or learn more about our team. We are always looking for sponsors to support us - every tax-deductible contribution helps.

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Newsletter archive - for more recent updates please see our blog.