ENGINEERS HYDRATING THE
WORLD.
THERE IS NO REASON THAT THESE
PROBLEMS SHOULD REMAIN UNSOLVED
AROUND THE WORLD.
THEY ARE TRAVELING TO FOREIGN
LANDS TO ASSURE EVERYONE HAS
ACCESS TO CLEAN SAFE WATER.
WHETHER YOU TURN ON THE
FAUCET OR BUY IT BY THE BOTTLE.
WE TAKE IMPEWATER FOR GRANTD.
WE DO.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD ARE LIVING WITH DIRTY
WATER.
OUR CHUCK GAIDICA HAS A STORY
TONIGHT ABOUT A GROUP OF
VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS TRYING TO
CLEAN UP THE WORLD'S
EIGHT ENGINEERS WITH
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS PUT
LIVES, AND JOBS AND FAMILIES
COMPLETELY ON HOLD SO THEY COULD
BRING CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO
UNDER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
BURIED THROUGH THE TREES AND
AROUND THE HILLS IS THE SMALL
VILLAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF
NICARAGUA.
TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
WHERE THEY HAVE SO LITTLE.
BY DAY BRUCE IS A DTE
PLATFORM MANAGER.
AND NINE YEARS AGO HE HAD A
DRIVE TO BETTER THE WORLD.
I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
MUCH LARGER SCALE TO GET
INVOLVED WITH.
HE CAME ACROSS ENGINEERS
WITHOUT BORDERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
ASKING ME TO DO BUT I HELD MY
HAND UP AND SAID I WOULD DO IT.
HE AND SEVEN OTHER DETROIT
ENGINEERS SIGNED UP TO BRING
DRINKING WATER TO PEOPLE ACROSS
THE WORLD.
I THOUGHT THE POINT OF MY
DEGREE WAS TO HELP AND BETTER MY
LCAL COMMUNITY OR THE WORLD
ABROAD.
VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR
EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD TO
HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE CLEAN
DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION.
10 HOUR JOURNEY BEGAN.
OUR SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION HAS
CHOSEN THE NICARAGUAN COMMUNITY
WORKING WITH THEM DEVELOPING
SANITATION PROJECT.
HUGE PROBLEM ACROSS THE
WORLD.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE SEEN OTHER
NUMBERS THAT SAY THAT
1.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE DYING
EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF WATER BORNE
DISEASES.
RIGHT NOW THE NICARAGUANS USE
COMMUNITY WELL TAKING THE WATER
THEY CAN CARRY.
WE SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE
ACTUALLY USING LAGOON TO WASH
CLOTHES.
BECAUSE OF THE VOLCANIC
ACTIVITY IN THE REGION.
THE WATER IN THAT LAKE TESTS
VERY HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC.
SO THAT WATER IS NOT AVAILABLE
AS A DRINKING WATER RESOURCE
EITHER.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT THERE.
THE PROJECT WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GETTING INTO WAS HELPING PEOPLE
WITH THEIR HAND DUG WELLS.
LIKE ALL PLANS THINGS CHANGE.
AS WE TESTED THE WATER WE
KNEW WE WOULD HAVE TO CLEAN IT
UP.
WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH DECIDED WE
NEED TO DRILL A WELL OUTSIDE OF
THE VOLCANIC CRATER THIS VILLAGE
IS LOCATED WITHIN.
SO THE REDESIGNING BEGAN.
WE WENT AND TOOK SURVEYS OF
THE COMMUNITY THERE.
AND TO DEVELOP A BASELINE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR
CURRENT PRACTICES ARE.
AFTER TWO WEEKS IN THE
VILLAGE.
ENGINEERS CRAFTED A PLAN AND
HEADED BACK TO DETROIT TO START
PUTTING IT INTO ACTION.
SO IT IS A PROCESS, I THINK,
OUR TIME LINE RIGHT NOW,
PROBABLY TAKES US OUT INTO 2017
BEFORE WE GET THAT WATER PROJECT
FINISHED AND OUR NEXT STEPS WERE
FUND RAISING.
RAISE MONEY TO DRILL THIS WELL.
AND ONCE WE DO THAT WE WILL ABLE
TO INSTALL A DISTRIBUTION.
FOR VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS
GRATITUDE OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS
IS WHAT KEEPS THEM GOING.
THEY VERY MUCH WANT OUR HELP.
AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH WILLING
TO WORK WITH US.
IN WHATEVER THEY NEED, TO GET
THIS DONE.
AND MORE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HELP
THEM.
FOR ME IT IS KNOWING THAT I
AM MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
NICARAGUA IS JUST THE
BEGINNING FOR THESE ENGINEERS.
THIS IS THE FIRST COMMUNITY.
AND NEXT COMMUNITY.
SO ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS IS
A NON-PROFIT.
ACTUALLY ALL THE VOLUNTEERS PAY
THEIR OWN EXPENSES.
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