Thank you to everyone who made a gift to this project! While this round of weR Gold closed June 30, you may still support students with your gift by visiting the Rensselaer Giving website.
“EWB has provided me with the opportunity to expand my technical and professional skills while doing my part to aid communities in need. It’s an amazing feeling to work with a team on a long-term project like this and to know that incredible good is coming out of it.” - Cassie Vining
What You're Supporting
Engineers Without Borders USA - RPI is an organization that supports community-driven development engineering programs both locally and internationally. EWB is dedicated to implementing sustainable engineering projects for communities in need. Your support will help us to fund the travel, material, and other costs associated with the implementation of these projects.
Currently, we have three projects for which we are fundraising: our Troy project, which strives to provide community gardens to the community; our Nicaragua project, which aims to renew the water distribution system in Sasle, Nicaragua; and our Panamá project, which seeks to install solar panels on the school and church of the Isla Popa II, Panamá. Through your donation, you will be helping us to cover travel, supply, and communication costs across all three of our projects. In addition to the financial help, your support of EWB-RPI allows students to continue to develop professional and technical skills outside of the classroom.
With these projects, we will be able to improve the life of communities not only abroad but also locally. With our local project we will help Troy, a community with which Rensselaer has such synergy that the impact from this project will not stay only within the Troy community, but also extend to the Rensselaer community. The club also provides the students in the Rensselaer community with the opportunity to exercise RPI’s iconic motto “Why not change the world?” In EWB-RPI, students receive an opportunity to partake in projects that leave a life-changing impact in the communities with which we collaborate.
Who We Are
Engineers Without Borders-RPI is a non-profit club, and chapter of the larger, national Engineers Without Borders organization. The mission of EWB is to support community-driven development programs worldwide through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible leadership. For more information, please visit the Engineers Without Borders-RPI website.