Going into my Freshman year, I knew I wanted to be apart of Engineers Without Borders, with both my passions for service and also love for international travel and humanitarian aid. I searched and searched for EWB at Club Fair, happened to be free on my Tuesday nights, and joined the Malawi Chapter (meetings always SEC Anderson 208).

With this, after pouring our heart and souls into finishing the Implementation Plan, calling with the community monthly, emailing and prodding at contractors with budgets, checking up flights and understanding visas, the hours of work came to a peak with our August 2023 Implementation trip with a team of 6.

Below is a short compilation of the five days we spent in the community, with interviews, soccer games, painting of periodic tables and so much more:

Here is a look into the student’s water access before the tap stands, but after our chapter’s 2018 borehole.

I was lucky enough to be able to continue what we started and brought a team back August 2024 for a Monitor & Evaluation and Assessment Trip where we were able to see the impact of our project (both expected and unexpected). We conducted repairs on areas broken because of misuse and bad design and talked with heads of school to talk about learning materials needed for maintenance and repairs. Assessing 3 other communities was also eye opening as it gave me a larger context of what life looks like in different communities within Malawi. (edited Sept 2024)