Interested in spending Summer 2012 in Tanzania? Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering (DHE) is sending a group of students to Tanzania this summer and we want you to apply! The travel team will be implementing alternative fuel projects, including improved cookstoves and briquetting in rural communities in Tanzania. DHE has been working on developing these technologies for the past several years and has successfully implemented similar projects in the rural Kigoma region. It's a great chance to really help shape the projects. This is an awesome chance to get hands on experience while making a direct and lasting impact! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ENGINEER Don't know anything about stoves or engineering? Not a problem. DHE is focused on diversifying the interests of its group members to gain a more balanced insight into the communities in which it works. That means we want people from all different departments to get involved and work and travel with us. No matter what your major, if you have an interest in visiting rural villages in developing countries we want you to tell us your ideas and what you think you could gain from a trip to one of the countries in which we're working. We will also spend a lot of time preparing and gaining the necessary knowledge in the next few months. There will be opportunities to learn a ton of new things and use them in the summer, as well as bring your own experience, teach others and use them on this project. COMPLETELY STUDENT RUN DHE prides itself in being completely student run. That means we make all of the decisions about how we implement our project APPLICATION PROCESS DHE can only take a limited number of students on this trip. We will therefore have an application process where you'll have plenty of opportunities to tell us why and how you fit into this initiative. You will need to first submit a written application to DHE by email by Tuesday, April 3 and we will then invite you for a short interview/chat to get to know you better. You can find the application attached to this email. If you're interested in traveling this summer, please fill out the form and return it by April 3. We will also have some printed copies at our info session. Feel free to bring any questions about the application or the project to the info session. If for any reason you can't make it to the info session but are still interested in the project, let us know and we'd be happy to meet with you at another time. If you are chosen to be part of a travel group, most in-country expenses will be covered, however you are expected to fundraise $500 for the plane fare. If this contribution seems like it will be a barrier for you, don't worry, let us know and we'll work things out. OTHER OPPORTUNITIES Interested in the project but can't travel in the Summer? We have tons of engineering and non-engineering related things you can work on; exciting projects, tasks, research, independent studies you could take on. If you'd like to be off campus in Fall 2012 and fancy working in Tanzania with this project, come to the info session and find out what we've got to offer. INFO SESSION Come check us out in Cummings 200 every Tuesday at 8:00, starting March 27th. To get to C200: from the Great Hall in Thayer take the staircase on the right (facing the clock) and the first room on your left at the top of the stairs is C200. Blitz back to the DHE account, Kathleen Meyer, or James Kennedy if you have any questions.