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This summer a team of seven students and one faculty member traveled to Obodan, Ghana in order to implement the projects the club spent more than a year engineering. While in country,
the delegation was able to present an improved business plan for the Brooder House built in 2006 as well as complete a Training Center. For more information, be sure to check out the
Obodan 2008 Project page.
In 2009, our club voted to adopt a new project
following our successes in Ghana. Many
options were considered, but ultimately
a project in Batey Cinco Casas,
Dominican Republic was finally chosen.
The village has requested that RHIT-EWB
design and assist in the construction of
an expansion to a medical clinic run by
the Batey Relief Alliance. Currently,
the clinic provides medical treatment
primarily to Haitain immigrants at
little to no cost.
Thousands of people use the
clinic’s out-patient facilities each
year, which is seeking to expand these
services.
In response to the growing use of
the clinic, RHIT-EWB will help by
renovating a current unused building to
be used for in-patient needs.
In addition, EWB will continue to
work with the Batey Relief Alliance to
design and aid in the construction of a
surgical unit to be completed in the
near future. For more information, be sure to check out the
Dominican Republic 2009 Project page.
EWB-RHIT meets every Wednesday at 7:15pm in O229. Everyone is welcome to attend. Our next meeting will be on
December 16, 2009. For more information, contact Adam Kirchner.
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