Earthquake in Haiti

IIT Student Action to Provide Immediate Relief In Haiti

The EWB/Haiti Outreach Students of IIT held a general body meeting on Tuesday January 19th in order to collaborate with other student leaders and organizations across the IIT community including various faculty members. At the meeting we discussed specific points of actions of our organization including collecting donations, raising awareness within and outside of the IIT community, and establishing long term goals. An overwhelming amount of response came from the meeting.

Already student organizations are willing to organize events to generate monetary donations to go towards immediate relief. EWB-IIT has already collected over $700.00 from IIT generous donations within the IIT community.

Within the next week, look out for:

-Kappa Phi Delta’s bake sale
-The Strike Force bowling tournament
-The Sig Ep soccer tournament

to help raise additional funds for earthquake relief.

Upcoming events include a clothing and supply drive and a Haitian awareness night to seek further aid for the reconstruction of Port Au Prince and much of the southwest portion of the country.

In addition another general body meeting will be held next Wednesday January 27th in the MTCC Ballroom from 12:50-1:50pm.

All proceeds that the students generate will be going to Haiti Outreach and Community Coalition for Haiti (CCH). Haiti Outreach is an NGO with over 10 years of experience in Haiti. Currently they are drilling wells around damaged areas and delivering trucks of water to people in dire need. Community Coalition for Haiti has extensive experience in country. For relief they are collecting medical supplies and organizing doctors, volunteers and structural engineers who speak Haitian-Creole or French.

Please

donate today. Your generous contributions will profoundly impact the lives of many.

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Engineers Without Borders & Haiti Outreach - Illinois Institute of Technology Student Chapter

Who We Are

Our organization is a chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA. We seek to provide sustainable solutions in third world countries. Our mission statement is: Engineers Without Borders – USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible leadership. We partner with EWB-Chicago Professionals Chapter to get further help with our projects. In the past year we have completed a Photo-Voltaic System in Pignon, Haiti.

Haiti Outreach-IIT is a chapter of NGO Haiti Outreach based in Minnesota. They have an office in Pignon, Haiti which employs 12 people from the town. Over the last decade, Haiti Outreach has not only provided thousands of Haitians access to potable water but has also contributed to improve public education and road infrastructure. If you want to know more about Haiti Outreach and support their efforts in Haiti, please visit their website at www.haitioutreach.org.

Recently EWB and Haiti Outreach-IIT decided to consolidate into one student organization. Our organizations have been working in the communities of Pignon and La Victoire Haiti for the past four years with the NGO Haiti Outreach. The direction for EWB/Haiti Outreach will be to stay in Haiti and work on projects for the coming years, especially in light of the Earthquake.

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