In the summer of 2012, four Princeton students traveled to
Koidu, Sierra Leone, looking for a community to partner with for
a new Engineers Without Borders project. Senior Michael Showak
and junior Christine Feng acted as project co-managers. Video
stills courtesy of Caden Ohlwiler, Class of 2015 Video feature:
Engineers Without Borders, Sierra Leone Posted January 28, 2013;
12:00 p.m. Dorma is a small village in the heart of the Kono
District of Sierra Leone, which was ravaged by the country's
civil war that concluded in 2002. It lies about two miles from
the center of Koidu, the district capital, and is surrounded by
rice fields where many of its residents farm. A group of four
students working with the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without
Borders (EWB-Princeton) were in Sierra Leone last summer to talk
with local citizens and leaders about opening a new program. In
this video EWB-Princeton participants talk about their
partnership with the village of Dorma to address a few of the
basic needs of the commu