Engineers Without Borders – Mid-Atlantic Professionals Chapter

It’s that time of year again!  GPC’s  “LOVE Your Park” event – formerly known as Philadelphia Cares about Fairmount Park Day – will be taking place throughout the city from 9am to 12 noon on Saturday, May 8th.  EWB-MAP has began to gather a team of friends, family, and colleagues to make the parks beautiful!  

Last spring, thousands of enthusiastic volunteers throughout the city painted, weeded, and planted flowers at their local parks.  You can be a part of this citywide beautification too!  Sign up with the EWB-MAP team by emailing Walt Walker.

This day is in partnership with Greater Philadelphia Cares, Fairmount Park, The Philadelphia Department of Recreation, and Philadelphia Green of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

EWB-MAP member and Drexel University engineering professor Rich Cairncross is currently spending the semester teaching in El Salvador on a Fulbright Lectureship.  He has also had the opportunity to visit the community of Las Delicias, where one of our proposed water projects is located.  Visit Rich’s blog regarding his visit to the community, along with his overall experiences in the country.

• Thursday, March 11, 5 – 7pm: EWB-MAP Happy Hour @ Slainte Pub 
• Saturday, March 13, 8:30pm: Philippines Project Fundraising Event — Pacquiao vs. Clottey boxing match at Champps 
• Thursday, March 18, 6:30pm: EWB-University of Delaware’s Silent Auction and Banquet 
• March 18-21: EWB-USA International Conference (Denver, CO) 
• Sunday, March 21, 3pm: Film premiere of  “The Revolutionary River: The Schuylkill” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 
• Saturday, March 27, 10am-1pm:  “Neighbors in Action” service project (South Philly neighborhood) 
• Saturday, March 27, 6pm:  EWB-UPenn Dinner & Silent Auction at Dark Horse Pub

 On World Water Day (March 22), Americans will gather to show their support for safe, affordable and sustainable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (“WASH”) worldwide. You are invited to join a marquee event in Washington, DC that will spotlight Americans’ expanding commitments for WASH internationally–the world’s most critical public health and development issue.   Read more >>

EWB-MAP will be the featured presenter at the dinner meeting of Delaware County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) on Thursday, January 21.  The dinner, held at Towne House in Media, PA, will begin at 6:30pm, with the presentation to start at 8pm.  Cost is $30/person ($15/student).  For information on RSVP, click here >>

March 18-21, 2010
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202

How can one organization positively affect developing communities while impacting an entire profession? The Engineers Without Borders-USA 2010 International Conference takes an in-depth look at how a multi-disciplinary approach to sustainable development work and the changing field of engineering connect. By blurring the lines of disciplines and encouraging philanthropy and creative educational practices, a new professional can be developed and equipped with the capacity to make a significant and lasting difference in the lives of others.  Click here for more information.

Early bird registration begins January 13, 2010.

Moving the World toward Achieving Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for All is the theme of the 2009 Global Passport to Clean Water program. This novel curriculum, developed by The Fairmount Waterworks Interpretive Center, MAGPI, and the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative will focus on a clean water and sanitation project in Rwanda.  Read more >>

More than 275 participants attended this year’s event at Northeastern University in Boston, with more than 40 breakout sessions and 30 speakers to inspire, energize, and connect the 55 chapters from Maine to Delaware.  Read more >>

Bob DiFilippo from EWB-MAP, Lily Yeh from Barefoot Artists, and Cameron Bass from Jefferson Health talked about the differences volunteers have made in a survivors’ village in Rwanda. They spoke at the opening reception for an exhibition of photographs at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center on September 24. A silent auction held during the reception raised $2500 to continue their work.  Read more >>