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You’ve probably heard about the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, which is designed to take the medical expertise of its volunteers out into the parts of world that need it most. It turns out that engineers have their own version!

Engineers Without Borders was established to partner with developing communities worldwide in order to improve their quality of life. The partnership works to implement sustainable engineering projects, while involving and training internationally responsible engineers and engineering students.

According to their website,

Whether you are an engineering student (undergraduate or graduate), a student in some other field of study, a professional engineer, university faculty, or not an engineer at all, EWB-USA offers you several great opportunities to become involved in building a better world one community at a time.

In 2005 alone, over 350 volunteers participated in EWB-USA projects, 250 of them university students. Their work improved the quality of life for 45,000 people around the world.

Search projects by region, departure date or type of project. And if you can’t go yourself, you can always donate to help someone else to go!

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