Beginning a New Year

Last Tuesday, the 28th, EWB-UCLA held its first meeting of the year and there was an overwhelming turnout! Room 38-138 in Engineering IV was filled with a variety of people, from freshmen to graduate students, even a student from another college campus but all eager to learn about Engineers Without Borders. A Powerpoint presentation gave an informative overview about our two main projects in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Nathan, our President, also mentioned BOOTUP (refurbishing donated computers to give to charity) and suggested that members could also start local projects.

In this week's meeting, after everyone introduced themselves and shared their favorite ice cream flavor, it was expressed that fall quarter would emphasize fundraising. Oren asked that everyone research grants that our Nicaragua SED Project could apply for. Every bit of money helps and can go a long way. In our case, it could give a child the gift of an education. Let's hope that we can raise enough money to get our schoolhouse started as soon as possible!