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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Sarah Kenney, Joe Zimmermann Larissa Cruz publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. )It October 16, 2007 3 Student group brings hope, water to Africci BY CATHERINE STIER carrying heavy, often polluted water back to A survey conducted by the students StaffReporter their homes, African families do not. know gave them a first-hand look at how A path opened up for the vehicle and the where their water comes frot;n. badly the lack of clean water was group found themselves encircled by a crowd In the spring of 2006, a grotip of students affecting the Bakangians' lives. Of of singing and clapping Bakangians. As the formed the Delaware chapter of EWB. In less those surveyed, 69.6 percent showed team exited and stood, they heard the drum and than a year, the group made strides and is set signs of diarrhea, 56.5 percent had gourd percussion from a group of men and the ting its current goals high. Their first project is malaria, 30.4 percent had typhoid and cheering and singing of women. in Bakang. 13 percent had cholera. This account comes from professor Steven Bakang, a village in the town of Prepared with hand-held GPS Dentel's blog, titled "Engineers Without Bamendjou, is located in the western province systems, water-testing equipment and Borders- University of Delaware." of Cameroon. With a population of approxi DC resistivity equipment, Dentel and University j)tudents, with Dentel, repre-:. mately 3,000, Bakang has no useable or afford students Sam Sagett, Barney • sented the group Engineers Without Borders able water supply. The wate.r that is needed to Fortunato, O'Neill and Trick set out not at a local festival but instead in the midst of drink, cook and clean with is brought to the vil to determine the problems and come a water fair 2,000 miles away in Cameroon, on lage by women and children who travel an up with solutions. the west coast of Africa. average of 6 kilometers, or more than 3 and a Every day for a week, the team Courtesy of Engineers Without Borders Dentel, a civil and environmental engi half miles, to retrieve it from shallow pools. was in the village by 7 a.m. to con Engineers Without Borders went to Africa this summer. neering professor, is the faculty advisor to a Because the women and children of the village duct research and work until dark. When the well was fixed a few days later, team of four university students and a profes spend hundreds of grueling hours collecting When the team members returned to the sional hydrogeologist who traveled to Bakang, water each day, education, field and housework mayor's house where they were staying, Dente! the villagers were ecstatic. Though not enough Cameroon with the goal of improving the often lag as second priorities. and the students worked into the morning hours to provide clean water for the entire village, it town's water crisis. Currently, the population's water sources making sense of the data and fixing broken was a start. The team's next trip to Bakang is sched Julie Trick, project manager for consist of streams, shallow collection areas, equipment. Cameroon, recalled the warm welcome the hand-dug wells and a borehole well. A borehole "We walked miles to different water sites uled for January 2008 and the EWB-UD will be implementing their ideas to supply potable team membe~ received on their first visit to well requires manual pumping that pulls uncon to conduct tests and carried 80 pounds of resis Cameroon this past June. taminated water from far below the earth's sur tivity equipment when we did measurements,'' water to the village. Some ideas the group are "We tbought it was going to be a town face. When the university's EWB · group Sagett said. working on now include rainwater catchments, solar energy and hand-dug wells. Well drilling meeting with maybe 10 to 20 people,'' Trick arrived, the town's only such well was broken. O'Neill said the communication barrier is also an option but would cost thousands more said. "It ended up being hundreds of locals to The project was approved by EWB-USA was tough for students. than the other options.~ welcome and thank us for being there." in October 2006 and planning began immedi "Nothing in Bakang was familiar, the lan "Our goal is to be able to drill wells, which Due to the Uqited State's abundant usage ately thereafter. The team had a lot to do before guage, the food or the technology, everything of water, many people do not realize countless its departure in June, including writing propos was so different," she said. "Just to conduct the means our goal for money to be raised is at least $60,000," O'Neill said. countries in the world are struggling with a hor als, raising money, getting vaccinated, obtain survey's we needed a French/English translator rible water crisis. ing visas and passports and getting trained in and a Bamileke/French translator." Fundraising is a crucial elenient for the group that raised $20,000 to cover all expenses On average, each American uses up to 17 6 the equipment they would use. The students were in Bakang to collect gallons of water every day. Brushing teeth, Sarah O'Neill, president of EWB-UD, data for more in-depth research to be done back for its last trip. The Colleges of Engineering, along with the Center for International Studies watering lawns, washing cars, showering and said all of their training could not prepare the at the university. However, the team members washing dishes, all with clean and easily acces students for what they would experience while were also able to complete corrective _field and the Alumni Enrichment Board, gave each sf\ldent grants for the project. Other funds came sible water, are luxuries that Americans take for there. · work on their first visit. from corporate companies who support EWB. granted. The average African family uses "We saw one kid washing clothes in the At Bakang's main intersection, the team "This year, we will have to rely more on approximately 5 gallons · of water each day. same water another kid was collecting drinking found the non-functioning borehole well and fundraising while also spreading awareness to Walking than 200 miles a day collectively and water·from,l' O'Neill said. immediately started figuring out how to fix it. raise all the money needed,'' O'Neill said. Late-night dance parties end with free pizza ' BY KRISTIN VORCE When asked to clarify whether or not his gross or disgusting. Nobody takes their clothes women's studies department, stated in an e Senior News Reporter Little Caesars gives away free pizza to dancing off or anything. They're up there for 45 sec mail message that women in that situation When sophomore Kathryn Kummer customers, D'Mello stated in a second e-mail onds, tops." could convince themselves that their actions are walked into Little Caesars Pizza on East message that "college students come to my While J:larper said slices are still handed not self-degrading. Delaware Avenue last winter, she did not expect store and do whatever they want and have fun.