Pedal or Power Project (PPP)
The goal of Pedal or Power Project (PPP) is to ease poverty through the proven power of a bicycle to solve transportation problems in developing countries. PPP will fabricate, assemble and distribute bicycles, both motorized and none motorized, in the country of Uganda depending on the need. The bicycle unique ability of having two power … Continue reading “Pedal or Power Project (PPP)”
- Team Members: Christopher Ategeka
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC Berkeley
- 2011
Rainwater Harvesting in Tanzania
A UC Berkeley student team, along with professor and mentor Laura Mason, will work in Tanzania in July to improve the quality of life of 2,600 people living in the Nyamagongo village of Tanzania, by constructing a rainwater harvesting system at a vocational school, a second brick oven, an improved waste management system incorporating pit … Continue reading “Rainwater Harvesting in Tanzania”
- Team Members: Farrah Moos, Lauren Steinbaum, Nick Hu, Samantha Vroomen, Samantha Sharp, Naomi Norris, Guy Allen
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC Berkeley
- 2011
Bottle Recycling Project
The UC Berkeley student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will partner with the Appropriate Technology Design Team (ATDT) of the San Francisco Professional chapter of EWB to develop a simple and scalable solution to the recycling and reusing of plastic bottles as building material. With the mission of empowering communities by providing tools that … Continue reading “Bottle Recycling Project”
- Team Members: Barbara Roberts, Sam Burd, Bert Sandell, Vince Ciriello, Lindsey Weeks, Dominic Molinari, Joe Green
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC Berkeley
- 2011
Gram Power
Nearly 25% of the world’s population still burns the midnight oil after sunset. Another 20% gets fortunate only for a few hours a day or several times a week when the grid to their houses finally carries power. The lack of electricity is not only a strong impeding force against development that prevents people from … Continue reading “Gram Power”
- Team Members: Yashraj Khaitan, Jacob Dickinson, Eric Brewer and Kishore Khaitan
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC Berkeley
- 2011
Mobileworks
MobileWorks provides a platform that gives underemployed and impoverished individuals in the developing world the ability to earn supplemental income by doing work through their mobile phones. The organization accepts data entry and transcription contracts from a variety of sources–government programs in India, Western crowdsourcing companies, and traditional outsourcing companies–and sends this work to workers’ … Continue reading “Mobileworks”
- Team Members: Philipp Gutheim, Anand Kulkarni, Prayag Narula and David Rolnitzky
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC Berkeley
- 2011
Migrants for Millennium Development Fund
Every year, groups of Mexican migrants in the US pool their resources to sponsor thousands of development projects in their Mexican hometowns. Unfortunately, the positive impact that these projects have on towns in Mexico has been limited. Due to the complexities involved in designing, fundraising and overseeing implementation, many locally based projects often fail. This … Continue reading “Migrants for Millennium Development Fund”
- Team Members: José Manuel López del Río, Karla López del Río and Larissa Bosch
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC Berkeley
- 2011
Teach for Health
Teach for Health is a non-profit organization founded in 2009 by UCSF students of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, and a Berkeley MPH graduate. Teach for Health’s (TFH) mission is to train communities in program planning and leadership to improve health and well-being. Currently, Teach for Health in Nicaragua has 43 health promoters in 18 communities … Continue reading “Teach for Health”
- Team Members: Noah Hawthorne, Katherine Pope, Kris Coontz, Harinder Chalal, Chris Stewart, Devina Kuo, Matthew Ingram and Miguel Orozco
- Global Poverty Alleviation
- UC San Francisco
- 2011
Crime Fighter: Mobile App That Prevents Crime
Many students who died during the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech tried to text 9-1-1 for help, but their messages were never received because police departments did not have the technology to receive text reports. Crime Fighter is a technology that revolutionizes the way we report crime. Crime Fighter is the first mobile technology that … Continue reading “Crime Fighter: Mobile App That Prevents Crime”
- Team Members: Max Dama, Han Jing, Nanxi Liu
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2011
Berkeley City College Service Community
The Berkeley City College Service Community (BCCSC) connects UC Berkeley students with community college students in a leadership development program that promotes civic engagement. Community College is the fastest growing path in pursuing a degree in higher education. A major challenge for community colleges is in providing an active “college experience,” due to low levels … Continue reading “Berkeley City College Service Community”
- Team Members: Caleb Westberg
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2011