[Central Ohio ASCE] Please donate to Engineers Without Borders - Central Ohio Professional chapter

[Peter Narsavage]

Dear Central Ohio ASCE members,


The *Central Ohio Professional Chapter *of* Engineers Without Borders* is
working on a project to help families in a poor area of San Pedro Puxtla,
El Salvador that are in critical need of environmental and infrastructure
improvements to meet basic human needs. Families displaced from their
historic lands by landslides resettled on a former landfill at the edge of town
known as Las Pilitas. Due to rugged terrain, Las Pilitas is cut off from
amenities available to the rest of San Pedro Puxtla, such as treated
drinking water, trash services and systems for handling waste water. Las
Pilitas is set apart from the community not only by lower sanitation
levels, but also by its lower standard of living.


Their project aims to not only bring healthier living conditions to the
families, but also include them more thoroughly in the social and economic
life of the  larger community. A critical first step in meeting these basic
needs is to construct a street, with proper drainage systems, connecting
Las Pilitas to San Pedro Puxtla. Without a street, the  neighborhood's
topography makes it  impossible to properly provide other health and sanitation
services. In March 2012 latrines, retaining walls and drainage works were
installed by a team of  a dozen US volunteers and many local workers.    Two
travel teams returned recently from El Salvador where the street
construction project is progressing quickly.  One third of the street is
paved while the other two thirds are slated for paving soon.  In order to
prevent construction delays, we need an additional $6000 in donations soon.

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*Please consider donating to the project using the link below. **Ask your
friends, family, co-workers and company to do the same.*

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https://ssl.charityweb.net/ewbusa/pfp/laspilitasroadconnection.htm

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You can see more information about the project in the attached file and on
their website: WWW.EWBCOH.ORG


I personally supported EWB through this campaign with a donation of $100.
 The Central Ohio Section of ASCE donated $1,000. However, they are still
less than half way to their goal.  Please donate to this worthy effort in *any
amount*!



*-Peter Narsavage*
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