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Project Pitch Night

Project Pitch Night. September 22, 2014. ESWB Schedule. Apply. Due Monday Sept. 29 @ 11:55pm. ESWB Membership and Project Membership. Attend. Monday Sept. 29 5pm – Garden IX. Garden Party!. Attend. Thursday Oct. 2 5pm – S. Meeting Rm. Partnerships Abroad. Register. Friday Oct. 3

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Project Pitch Night

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  1. Project Pitch Night September 22, 2014

  2. ESWB Schedule Apply Due Monday Sept. 29 @ 11:55pm ESWB Membership and Project Membership Attend Monday Sept. 29 5pm – Garden IX Garden Party! Attend Thursday Oct. 2 5pm – S. Meeting Rm. Partnerships Abroad Register Friday Oct. 3 5pm – Garden VII 10 Year Anniversary Banquet

  3. ESWB 10 Year Banquet

  4. Wheelchair Ramps For the Disabled Katelyn Ditzler kad7fp Michael Buhl mcb3bk

  5. Previous Ramps

  6. Previous Ramps

  7. Harris Ramp Last Summer

  8. This Year • Fundraise • Parent’s Fund • Continue through AHIP • 1 New Member • Very rewarding, hands on fun

  9. Ecovillage Constance Tan ct2kb

  10. Biogas Emily Leivy esl4rv

  11. Engineering Education Mike Park mhp9dj

  12. Improving Neonatal Care NivedhaKannapadi nk2ek

  13. Home births

  14. Stigma

  15. Problem statement • Pregnant women and women going into labor in developing countries lack the necessary equipment and medical aid to ensure a safe delivery • Deliveries are usually at home, due to long distances from hospitals, and usually employ improper, unsafe, and unsanitary techniques • The use of these techniques likely result from poor living conditions and lack of formal education of medical care • Goal: to develop a sustainable solution in order to increase the safety of pregnancy focusing specifically on safety of home births • target demographic: project affects pregnant mother, family, and perinatal baby • region of interest: Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern (highest maternal mortality rates) • top three countries: Kenya (360), Ethiopia (350), Uganda (310) • (for comparison: US is 21/100,000 live births)

  16. Nicaragua Ben Matthews bcm6ad

  17. HiComm Serge Gould sag4cw

  18. Why? No feedback loop! One-way relationship Barriers to two-way communication

  19. Recipe for Success Better Communication Successful Service Programs Empowered Communities

  20. HiComm: A Communication Platform that Empowers

  21. Key Features Accessible Economical Networkable $ $

  22. Our Initial Focus South Africa NGO and University Market Estimated $76M Annual Market Size Pilot Program Partner

  23. Help Us Achieve Our Mission Join our team! Looking for marketing and web development expertise Find funding opportunities and connect us with South Africa-focused NGOs and Universities Knowledge of Ruby on Rails, basic HTML/ CSS Need to know how to use GitHub Bootstrap, JavaScript, and AJAX is definitely a plus!

  24. Biomedical Innovation Alexis Xu atx9xd

  25. Optimizing Search and Rescue Scoping Team Alisha Geldert amg4ft

  26. ESWB Next Steps BUY A T-SHIRT! Apply Due Monday Sept. 29 @ 11:55pm ESWB Membership and Project Membership Attend Monday Sept. 29 5pm – Garden IX Garden Party! Attend Thursday Oct. 2 5pm – S. Meeting Rm. Partnerships Abroad Register Friday Oct. 3 5pm – Garden VII 10 Year Anniversary Banquet ESWB.ORG

  27. Questions? Ask Around the Room!

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