A Suitcase Of Water Filters by Allen Oertel

  A suitcase full of water filters. Little brown smiling faces. Bad roads. Market day in Chisec. Heat and humidity. Apple flavored soda. A room full of blank stares. Stacks of buckets. Really bad roads. Grateful faces. Good Karma. These are just a few random thoughts which sum up our recent Guatemala experience. During our …

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WESTMINSTER COLLEGE WORKS TO REPAIR SCHOOL IN GUATEMALA

On May 26th, MSPP President Terri Cranmer, MSPP engineers and Spanish Language students from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri set out on a trip that would change their lives and the lives of the 122 students that attend the primary school in the community of Virginia in Guatemala. The students and two faculty members from …

MUSTARD SEED PEACE PROJECTS WATER PROGRAM EXPANDS

In 2013, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE) signed a partnership agreement with the community of Virginia in Guatemala to help them find a solution to the water issues that plague their community. The lack of clean drinking water causes illness and sometimes death in small children. Since their initial trip in 2013, SIUE students and …

REPAIRS SLATED FOR SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA

In August MSPP director, Terri Cranmer traveled to Guatemala with two members of the MSPP Engineering Advisory Committee, Roy Wall and Tyler Bick. The purpose of the trip was to assess the repairs needed for the primary school in Virginia. After meeting with the school board, taking lots of measurements and photos the engineers began …

A Letter from Namakando Nalishebo

I am Namakando Nalishebo and I am the first born in the family of three girls only. I was born in 1999. I am a single orphan having mum only. My father died on the 30th of October 2011 when I was 12 years old. I started school in 2005 at Lukulu primary school, where …

Another EWB Chapter Collaborates with MSPP

While the student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville (SIUE) and their structural engineer mentor Roy Wall work diligently on the design of the holding tank for the water distribution system in Virginia, Guatemala another student chapter has joined the MSPP team in Guatemala. In January 2015, a small …

International Service Program

So often we are approached by concerned volunteers who feel compelled to do more than simply make a donation. These adventurers want to have an experience! MSPP has also seen a rapid increase in interest from colleges and universities in both the United States and Guatemala. So we have recently begun to develop an International …

L&C Nursing Group Serves More than 300 Patients in Rural Guatemalan Clinic over Alternative Spring Break

On March 7, 2014, 7 nursing students, 2 registered nurses and  2 administrators from  Lewis and Clark Community College and a Nurse Practitioner from Hinds Community College in Mississippi set out on a journey that changed their lives forever. Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC), in partnership with MSPP, travelled to the rural community of …

Engineers Without Border Design Students, Water Pump Project

MSPP would like to congratulate Rebecca Standefer and Zack Dahmm on their recent graduation from the School of Engineering at SIUE. Becky and Zack chose our water pump project in Guatemala as their senior design project. Working with their professional mentor, Christopher Parrish, an engineer at American Water, MO. they have designed the pump system …

Volunteer: My Life Changing Experience

BY KIM SMITH I was never in love with nursing. If I'm completely honest, it was a profession that I was almost guided into. My neighbors were nurses, and my mom told me it was a degree that could become anything I wanted it to be. An added bonus was that they made decent money. …