About Us:

Our MISSION -- EWB-USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders.

Our VISION is a world in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs, and that our members have enriched global perspectives through the innovative professional educational opportunities that the EWB-USA program provides.

History:

We are leaders. We stand 12,000 strong. With 350 projects in over 45 developing countries, Engineers Without Borders USA has changed the lives of millions of people around the world. The FAMU-FSU Engineers Without Borders is a student chapter of EWB that was founded in Spring of 2005 by Kyla Gregoire and has worked hard to align itself with the mission of our parent organization and work towards a vision in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs.

For the past five years, our chapter has worked with San Rafael a small community located deep in the Amazon jungles of Peru. San Rafael is a small farming community on the banks of the Amazon River, where the majority of its 300 residents find their income from farming or fishing and selling their products to the large city of Iquitos two hours upstream. With involvement from the community, the organization was able to narrow down two major issues affecting them, access to clean water and a better alternative to handling their own waste. A project team improved the communities water filtration system, extended the pump line to ensure year-round access to clean water and taught key community members how to care and use the water tower. A health survey identified a large number of cases of diarrhea and dysentery in the community and the culprit behind these health concerns were the community members contact with their feces and urine. The project team then implemented two composting latrines, which helped the community deal with their waste in a more sanitary method and provided the farmers with nutrient rich compost. The organization has grown a lot, and has maintained the commitment to helping out communities in the developing world. Our student chapter will take all of our lessons learned from our program in Peru and apply them to our new program in Fiji.