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June Newsletter

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      EngineerAid Newsletter, 3rd June 2009

Contents:
-Current Projects Summary
-Marathon Gav Raises £180 for EngineerAid!
-Funding Appeal
-Improvement Plans

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Current Projects Summary
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New Projects

- Inverter and Grid Tolerances in Tanzania (http://www.engineeraid.com/ask_the_expert/viewEnquiryItem.php?enquiry_uid=8467ebc12ad3157d2b82c3044f2146b4)

-Taps for Rainwater Harvesting in Malawi (http://www.engineeraid.com/ask_the_expert/viewEnquiryItem.php?enquiry_uid=4794ee58e23500047b8f1354429267de)

-White Asbestos Removal in Kenya (http://www.engineeraid.com/ask_the_expert/viewEnquiryItem.php?enquiry_uid=3384cc46304b28027a88ee7295e238d9)

-Cooking and Power Options in Malawi - Project sponsored by Janet Armstrong in memory of her husband Professor Perry Armstrong, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queens University Belfast (http://www.engineeraid.com/ask_the_expert/viewEnquiryItem.php?enquiry_uid=fa09b41ea47bcc5eced29eb20dbb87b8)

-Solar Power for Houses in Ghana (http://www.engineeraid.com/ask_the_expert/viewEnquiryItem.php?enquiry_uid=53533fbe57b1901d9f7a071b536ed183)

May saw an influx of new projects to EngineerAid, following a period of advertising and networking.
The Cooking and Power project has been full assigned, but all of the others (especially the asbestos project) need extra help, so please log in and volunteer.
http://www.engineeraid.com/ask_the_expert/login.php


Still in Progress

-Assistance with technical specifications for Village Phone Salon prototype
-Fixing the water supply in Walungu, DR of Congo
-Water and Sanitation Facilities in Nepal

Any further advice you can give on these projects would be appreciated. As was the case in May, the enquirers have still got back to us with some requested details; in development projects information often takes a while to collect. If you can add anything else without these details, it would still be of great help.


Again, thanks for all your work so far!


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Marathon Gav raises £180 for EngineerAid
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On 31st May 2009, our supporter and fellow engineer Gavin Cassidy ran the Edinburgh Marathon and collected sponsorship for EngineerAid, completing the Marathon in an impressive 3 hours and 18 minutes.

So far his efforts have raised £180 for EngineerAid, but there's still time to add to that total!

http://www.tinyurl.com/runningengineer/

So please visit the page and make a donation, or even just send him a message of congratulations.


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Funding Appeal
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Despite Gavin's sponsorship, EngineerAid is currently in need of cash to .
If you or your company are willing to sponsor one of our projects, make a donation, or issue a grant, please get in touch via contact@engineeraid.com

Or if, like Gav, you are running a Marathon, cycling between two cities or willing to lie in a bathtub of baked beans for 24 hours, and want to help us by collecting sponsorship, we can set up a donation page like Gav's for you.
contact@engineeraid.com

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Improvement Plans
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We are continuing with our list of improvements to the EngineerAid website, and you should see more within the next month.
Please send feedback on our work, our website, and any improvements you think we can make to contact@engineeraid.com

Thank you all for your support, and I hope we can continue to provide the great work we've been doing so far!

Graeme Towers
EngineerAid

3rd Jun 2009