Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Going to Peru!!
Today is officially the last day of class for Kelli and I. Technically, we finished class yesterday, but we just finished turning in the last paper of our graduate careers!!! Now, we have all the time in the world to think about and plan for Peru.
Earlier this week, Kelli and I purchased our tickets for travel. We will be in Peru for all of July. We are PUMPED! Adam, Mike, Ruben, Chris and Mary will be traveling with us. The rest of this month, we will finish up with the planning, practicing workshops, and pulling together all the supplies we need to bring down.
Grizelda, Kelli and I have worked out most of the education workshops that we will be holding while in Arraypallpa and Sanka -- someone will have to dress up like a fly. We need fly wings! if you have some to make up a fly costume, we would appreciate it. Or, if you have tips on how to make some fly wings, we are up for the craft project.
Cecilia from the Humanities Department gave us a great workshop on Peruvian culture.
Nate Stebor, previous on the Peru team and now a Kenya team member, gave a phenominal water quality testing workshop. He warned us of poop dust and other contaminants that might affect the results of our water quality testing. But don't worry, we'll bring the mini lightsaber pen thing to sterilize!
We have one more team meeting this coming Thursday June 11 9 am to 1pm. We are going to have first aid and CPR training. Aside from that, we're ready to travel!
Wish us luck.
--Kelli and Carolyn
Earlier this week, Kelli and I purchased our tickets for travel. We will be in Peru for all of July. We are PUMPED! Adam, Mike, Ruben, Chris and Mary will be traveling with us. The rest of this month, we will finish up with the planning, practicing workshops, and pulling together all the supplies we need to bring down.
Grizelda, Kelli and I have worked out most of the education workshops that we will be holding while in Arraypallpa and Sanka -- someone will have to dress up like a fly. We need fly wings! if you have some to make up a fly costume, we would appreciate it. Or, if you have tips on how to make some fly wings, we are up for the craft project.
Cecilia from the Humanities Department gave us a great workshop on Peruvian culture.
Nate Stebor, previous on the Peru team and now a Kenya team member, gave a phenominal water quality testing workshop. He warned us of poop dust and other contaminants that might affect the results of our water quality testing. But don't worry, we'll bring the mini lightsaber pen thing to sterilize!
We have one more team meeting this coming Thursday June 11 9 am to 1pm. We are going to have first aid and CPR training. Aside from that, we're ready to travel!
Wish us luck.
--Kelli and Carolyn
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Welcome to the Peru project blog
Welcome to the UCSB Chapter of Engineers Without Borders PERU project blog!
This blog is a resource for project teams, interested UCSB students, professional mentors, and family/friends of Peru project team members. The project team can post their thoughts about their specific projects in Peru and their experience with the community. UCSB students can read about our on-going projects and get involved! Our team is always looking for UCSB students who are interested in applying their technical skills and personal motivation to assist in providing long term engineering solutions to communities in developing countries. This is a great opportunity for students to apply their theoretical school work to real-world engineering applications.
Our mission is to support community-driven development projects through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible student leadership. The 2008-2009 project team includes students from mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering, physics, and environmental science and management. We welcome students with all backgrounds to come and check out our group.
The project team will also be traveling to the nearby community of Sanka to present a feasibility study for the construction of a health clinic, perform water quality testing, host educational workshops, perform a basline health assessment, and facilitate discussions between community members to identify their needs. The health assessment will be performed by two medical students from Baylor University in Texas. EWB-UCSB has been partnering with the community since 2007.
Please do not hesitate to post your thoughts, questions, ideas, adivce, etc to this blog. That is what it's here for!
Cheers,
Adam Kanold
This blog is a resource for project teams, interested UCSB students, professional mentors, and family/friends of Peru project team members. The project team can post their thoughts about their specific projects in Peru and their experience with the community. UCSB students can read about our on-going projects and get involved! Our team is always looking for UCSB students who are interested in applying their technical skills and personal motivation to assist in providing long term engineering solutions to communities in developing countries. This is a great opportunity for students to apply their theoretical school work to real-world engineering applications.
Our mission is to support community-driven development projects through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible student leadership. The 2008-2009 project team includes students from mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering, physics, and environmental science and management. We welcome students with all backgrounds to come and check out our group.
Araypallpa, Peru is a rural community of approximately 300 indigenous subsistence farmers in the Andean highlands. In July of 2009, the project team will travel to Araypallpa, Peru to follow up and monitoring of previously implemented engineering projects, perform water quality testing, host continued educational workshops, perform a basline health assessment, and spend time with community members to better understand their way of life. The health assessment will be performed by two medical students from Baylor University in Texas. EWB-UCSB has been partnering with Araypallpa since 2004.
The project team will also be traveling to the nearby community of Sanka to present a feasibility study for the construction of a health clinic, perform water quality testing, host educational workshops, perform a basline health assessment, and facilitate discussions between community members to identify their needs. The health assessment will be performed by two medical students from Baylor University in Texas. EWB-UCSB has been partnering with the community since 2007.
Please do not hesitate to post your thoughts, questions, ideas, adivce, etc to this blog. That is what it's here for!
Cheers,
Adam Kanold
Monday, May 11, 2009
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