With your help, we have finished our campaign and surpassed our crowdfunding goal of $15,000! Through the support of 144 generous donors, Engineers Without Borders Cornell has raised $16,541. That’s 110% of our original goal! This support will allow us to purchase high-quality materials to build our bridge and help the villagers of Calcha, Bolivia. Currently, we are preparing for our implementation trip to Calcha and beginning to purchase the materials needed to build this bridge. This implementation trip is scheduled for June 2016 and we are looking forward to a successful trip with lasting impact. Thank you again for your continuous support!

Thank you to all our donors for helping us reach over 95% of our goal. We have raised over $14,500 and still have 11 days left in our campaign. We are excited to finish strong!

Since our launch, we have finalized the list of material vendors and have started calculating the exact quantities of certain materials needed now that our design is finalized. We are currently working on optimizing our design in order to make it as efficient to build as possible. We are scheduled to compile all of our calculations and design drawings to have a full review with our professional mentor, Johann Zimmermann. From here, our next steps are to fill out the necessary forms for Engineers Without Borders-USA’s approval. We are also in the process of forming a team to travel this summer for six weeks to Calcha, Bolivia.

With your help, we can build this bridge and empower Cornell engineering students by giving them the opportunity to apply their engineering knowledge beyond the classroom environment. Thank you again for your generous support!

Thanks to your kind donations, our team has reached about 66% of our fundraising goal! With your contributions, students at Cornell University will not only be able to become better engineers, but also become citizens of the global community. 

Want to get to know our team a little better? Let's find what Engineers Without Borders (EWB) means to a few of our members:

"To me, EWB means being more than just an engineering student. It means being a global citizen. It's still crazy to think that something we've designed with our own hands will actually be implemented and will make a difference." - Priyanka Boddu '18, Computer Science

"EWB means expanding my perspective. I've been able to look beyond the classroom and see how engineering can be used to improve lives in communities in need around the world." - Jonathan Mabuni '16, Mechanical Engineering 

"To me Engineers Without Borders means that I can put my skills to use, work with amazing people in communities all over the world, and offer real hope. It means that I can help communities help themselves, learning about their individual needs and struggles to come up with real solutions. I work to make a real difference in their lives just as they make a difference in mine." - Bethany Schull '18, Civil Engineering

"It is rare to find an organization that allows you to combine undergraduate engineering courses with community service. EWB provides me the opportunity to do just that. I can apply what I’m learning in class to the real world in such a way that it makes a positive difference in the lives of others." - Raquel Zerbib '17, Operations Research Engineering