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= Overview =
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) started in 2002 with 8 students and 1 faculty member that shared the same vision of supplying sustainable basic human needs to underveloped communities worldwide. Since the then their vision has grown to over 1316,000 800 members across 180 campuses with 250 almost 300 chapters working on almost 400 nearly 700 community development programs in 47 43 different countries on 5 continents. EWB-USA strives to create transformative experiences and responsible leaders by empowering members to find community solutions for water supply, sanitation, energy, agriculture, civil works, structures and information systems. [[File:Tate EWBUSA 1.jpg|thumb|Tate EWBUSA 1.jpg]]From gathering information, designing a thorough solution and implementing that design, members of Engineers Without Borders have impacted more than 2.5 half a million lives.
== <br/>Mission <br/> ==
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) is a nonprofit humanitarian organization established to support community-driven development programs worldwide through partnerships that design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences that enrich global perspectives and create responsible leaders.
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family: robotoregular, arial, sans-serif;">EWB-USA builds a better world through engineering projects that empower communities to meet their basic human needs and equip leaders to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.</span></span>
== Vision<br/> ==
EWB-USA's vision is a world in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs. Today, more than two billion people lack access to the most basic things -- clean drinking water, adequate sanitation, reliable passage to local markets and more.
== Summary <br/> ==
Non-profit with the potential to give students experience using their skills to help the world.