CostaRica Project
General Overview
In collaboration with Claudia Chaves Villarreal, a Ph.D. Candidate and her organization Biogas Pococi, we are working to implement Biodigestor tanks and micro controlling systems. She has already implemented this system for 38 families! The Biodigestor provides clean fuel without the emission of harmful particulates that has had detrimental impacts on the health of rural inhabitants. The Biodigestor also provides a source of fertilizer for farmers to use.
Motivation
Rural communities are already disadvantaged socioeconomically
- Include them in the building process by teaching them the basics of engineering
- Inspire them to peruse education
- Improve infrastructure of land and quality of life
Educational Micro Controller Projects
Education is very hard to obtain affecting isolated rural communities the most
- Providing some micro controllers and electronic parts allow for community members, from kids to adults, gain a valuable skill that improves their future opportunities
- Is beneficial for both the volunteer(you), to gain once a lifetime experience, and to the disadvantage community by improving their way of life
- A water treatment system will also be implemented, to learn more check out the water quality and filtration
