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EWB & YMI BOWLING MASTERS !

The EWB Central Houston Chapter & Young Member Initiative (YMI) will be hosting a Bowling Event on August 26th! Come on out from 3:15 – 5:30 pm and compete with your friends at Houston’s hottest attraction! You are welcome to invite your spouse, signifcant other and friends as well! Please register before August 22th! 12626 Fountain Lake Cir, Stafford, TX 77477

YMI Ultimate Dodgeball

Come join us at Sky Zone Trampoline Park on July 24th from 6 to 7 PM ! The event $10 per person & each person must bring $2 for socks! RSVP with Ahmed Valdez-Rocha  at avaldezrocha@HNTB.com  10207 S Sam Houston Pkwy W, Ste 100, Houston, TX, 77071  

EWB Central Houston Top Golf Fundraiser

Come join us at Top Golf in Katy on February 25th from 2 to 5 PM to support the Central Houston Professional Chapter sponsored by Bechtel Corporation. 100% of proceeds will go towards supporting our active projects in Peru, South Africa, India, Ethiopia and more. Admission includes 3 hours unlimited Top Golf, lifetime Top Golf Membership, and Chicken and Beef …

Congratulations Peru Team!

Great job and congratulations to everyone on the Peru team for implementing their rainwater catchment system project in Peru! The team is excited to have provided the Community of Payorote in the Peruvian Amazon with a rainwater catchment system. The community now has clean water to drink, wash, cook and clean and their health will improve with the reduction of …

End of Year Social

We hold monthly meetings to keep our chapter up to date. We also use meetings as a time to share what’s going on with our project teams as well as collaborate on issues and discuss special topics. Meetings are open to everyone, members and non-members, so come on out and get involved! Our next meeting on December 14th at 7 …

EWB India Fundraiser

  We are holding a yoga fundraiser to raise money for Engineers Without Borders Houston’s Chipiya Biogas Project in India  On Saturday October 22nd at 11:00am @ Eureka Heights (941 W 18th St, Houston 77008)   Please visit link below for more information about the project and to make online donations: https://support.ewb-usa.org/chipiyaproject Bring your own yoga mats.

India Project Team: An Evening of Yoga

Come join us for an evening of YOGA! Enjoy a free session of yoga with certified yoga instructors at Yoga EADO on April 29th! Yoga session will be from 7:30 to 8:30 pm and is open to all skill levels. Facebook Event Page: Click Here Register: Click Here (Any monetary donation will be accepted to support the Central Houston EWB …

India Project Happy Hour Fundraiser

Come join us for a Happy Hour fundraiser to support the Center Houston EWB Chapter’s India Project. Enjoy appetizers, drink specials, and the company of your fellow Houstonians while supporting a great cause at Midtown’s 3rd Floor bar. Purchase a wristband from us on the day of the event at 3rd Floor and you will receive: $3 – True American …

Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers needed for EWB India Biogas Project (http://ewbhouston.org/projects/india/). We are currently working to complete the Alternative Analysis (523 Form) Report to EWB.  But we need some help with completing the biogas plant design and completing the gas distribution option analysis.  As well as pricing equipments and material cost to select the final design. Below are a list of our needs …

South Africa Happy Hour Fundraiser

Come out and help us support the South Africa Project Team of EWB-USA as they seek to raise $40,000 to implement a clean-water project in the Bergnek Community, South Africa. The Team has designed a solution to provide the entire community with access to clean water and is raising funds for their October trip to implement this project. Your support …

South Africa Implementation Trip

Our South Africa team has plans to travel on their implementation trip later this fall and is seeking your support! The team will be expanding the existing water supply system of the Bergnek Community, a village of 1500+ people who do not currently have enough water to meet their needs. Specifically, the team install a new water well pump, upgrade …

South Africa Project Update

Greetings, The EWB-Bergnek Project Team and the Bergnek community are extremely grateful for your interest and support of the Bergnek Water Supply and Distribution project. My hope for this letter is to be able to give you a glimpse of our trip, the people of Bergnek, the hopes they have for their community, and our plans going forward. Our recent …

EWB Johnson Space Center Chapter Fundraiser

Our friends at the Johnson Space Center Chapter of EWB-USA are hosting a fundraiser at St. Arnold’s Brewery on April 26th from 2-5PM. It’s going to be a great time to socialize and learn about the JSC’s project in Maejanoi, Thailand, not to mention sampling the refreshing beverages that St. Arnold’s offers. So help us spread the word and come and …

South Africa Travel Blog Part II by Joe Schwiterman

See here for Part 1 of Joe’s travel blog After our initial field work, we began developing initial solutions based on our observations of how the community pumps, stores and distributes water, keeping in mind that ‘This is Africa’ and theft is a real problem. The efficiency of the process could be improved by sizing the pumps and running them appropriately …

South Africa Happy Hour Fundraiser

Come out and support our South Africa Project Team as they seek to raise $50,000 to implement their clean water project in the Bergnek Community. The team just returned from a data-gathering trip to Bergnek and is currently developing the solution they plan to implement in August of this year. The event will be February 26th from 7-10PM at 3rd …

South Africa Travel Blog Part 1 by Joe Schwieterman

EWB Assessment Trip to Bergnek Our assessment team for the Bergnek Water Expansion Project was an interesting group of five persons with varying ages and experience. This helped us ask all the necessary questions and leave with a lot of answers to proceed with design. The length of trip was just short of 2 weeks, which was ideal to accomplishing …

January Meeting New Location!

Due to some scheduling conflicts, our normal meeting places were not available for this month’s general chapter meeting. Instead we will hold our meeting on Wednesday, January 14th from 7-9PM at the Bechtel Office in Room 4A of 3000 Post Oak Blvd, Houston TX, 77056. We apologize for the late notice and any inconvenience. We have a lot of great …

EWB India Project Happy Hour

Come join us for a Happy Hour fundraiser to support the Central Houston Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Chapter’s India Project at Midtown’s 3rd Floor bar, 2303 Smith St. Ste 300 Houston, TX 77006.   PROJECT INFORMATION: Chipiya is a small community in Madhya Pradesh, India. Currently, the community uses fuel wood for heating and cooking purposes. However, over the past few …

Project Blogs

Now that our new website has been up and running for a few months, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be expanding how we use it a little bit. This first expansion will see us rolling out blogs for all of our different projects. We’ve got several active projects right now and four of those have active plans to travel …

South Africa Fundraiser

Come join us for a Happy Hour fundraiser to support the Central Houston EWB Chapter. Enjoy appetizers, drink specials, and the company of your fellow Houstonians all while supporting a great cause at Midtown’s 3rd Floor bar. Bring your friends!