Hi Everyone, 

We wanted to give you a quick insight into our Day 1 in Lima Peru. We were a group of 6 biomedical engineers who thoroughly enjoyed and learnt from our experience. 

Firstly, We got the opportunity to interact with the biomedical engineering students at PUCP University. Professor Voigt, advisor of EWH was able to give insight more about our organization at Boston University. The members of EWH interacted with the students to tell them about their  engineering experience and how they intend to use their skills to help developing countries.

Next, we had the opportunity to meet Dr. Cabezas, Director of National Institte of Health (NIH) in Lima, Peru. He gave us insights on one of our projects which we will be working on: Mosquito Prevention in the Peru.

Again, Thank you for your generous contribution to our successful trip to Lima, Peru. 

Best,

Engineering World Health -- Boston University Chapter

Hi Everyone,

The team is leaving for their inaugral trip to Peru!!!  We are very excited and we want to wish the entire team,best of luck. Once again, thank you to everyone that has contributed to making this trip a success.

Stayed tuned for updates!

Hi all - Sorry for the delay in updating. We had to postpone our trip to Peru because the prices for flights rose to over $1400 each when we finally had the money to purchase our tickets. We waited and they came down considerably. :~) 

We were able to get tickets for the seven of us for under $430 each!!!

We are now scheduled to arrive in Lima on May 24th and stay for a week. Our colleagues in Lima are excited about our visit and are sending us some reading material. They are also arranging for us to meet officials in the Peruvian NIH, Ministry of Health, the Maternity Hospital and faculty at PUCP and UPCH. In addition, we will be working with Peruvian professionals in the health care sector. 

We are very thankful to the Boston University Biomedical Engineering department to provide a substantial donation to our campaign, which they elected to do outside of this Crowdfunding effort. Thank you!

We have successfully raised $6000 !! With only a few more hours to go we hope to raise more funds. Please have a look at our video of the students, who are sharing their experiences of why they want to go and what they will gain from it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lma95R8_lQU

Thank you for your contributions !!

Hi All:

     I hope you had the opportunity to see the video we made to support our Crowdfunding efforts! We are getting close to the end of this drive and we still have a ways to go. 

Two years ago, Boston University's Executive MBA program class visited Chile and Peru. They interacted with our hosts - Professors Rossana Rivas and Luis Vilcahuaman of the PUCP - where we will visiting this Spring.  By the way, the Executive MBA program is visiting Peru again this March!

Please consider supporting us!

Hey Everyone: We were able to extend this Crowdfunding effort until February 17th at 12:44PM! Please look out for the group's video explaining why we are so interested in going to Peru to work with Peruvian biomedical engineers and other health practitioners! Thanks for all of your support!

The Photo is of Professors Rossana Rivas and Luis Vilcahuaman receiving an award from the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)! We will be working directly with these two Peruvian Biomedical Engineers. Presenting the Award is Jennifer Jackson (right), who is a Boston University alumna (Biomedical Engineering) and was President of the ACCE!

Hi ALL!

     Happy New Year! Thanks for considering helping us to achieve our goal of raising enough money to send at least 9 Boston University Biomedical Engineering students to Peru this Spring break to work with Peruvian students and professionals on projects that matter! We are working on Project Updates and will be in touch soon. In the mean time, have a safe and wonderful New Years!