The students at the University of Delaware are seeking a professional mentor for their project in Guatemala.  Please see the email included below for more details. If you would like to help, contact Dhara Amin at ewb.udel@gmail.com.

Email from Dhara:

I am the project manager of the Guatemala Bridge Project at the University of Delaware.  We started our project in 2008 in the village of San Jose Petacalapa.  The community was having trouble getting to their crops during the rainy season because the river that divides their village would overflow.  So our chapter, agreed with the community to build a bridge over that river to help increase crop yields for the community.  Currently, we have a bridge design.  It is a concrete t-beam bridge: one lane, and 60″ span.  We need professional help for the implementation of the bridge.  We need help in country to build this bridge efficiently.  We would ideally want professional engineers experienced with bridges, construction, and even Spanish. But we know this is difficult so even any professional mentor with experience will help a lot.

Our current Professional Mentor is moving to Columbia so he will not be apart of the project anymore. Also, when we approached another EWB chapter in Wisconsin that did a bridge with a 60″ span in Guatemala, they said that they had help of a professional chapter.  I know that you maybe occupied with other projects from other schools, but if you could offer any help with professional mentors that would be great.  Also their expenses would be covered when going and we plan on implementing in January.

Thank you for your time and please email me with any questions,

Dhara Amin