Foreign Study Trip
Snapshots from the HNRS402:McBride Practicum - Foreign Area Study Field Trip to Honduras
Cascadas de Pulhapanzak II. Students from left to right front row: Mark Rosa, Dianne Wetzel, Chris Sabaka, and Janson Ferrera. Students from left to right back row: Arianne Dean and Andrea Yocom. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Munoz.
During the summer of 2008, six students and two professors travelled to rural villages in Honduras to help with an existing humanitarian engineering project and to spread awareness about the importance of conservation and sustainability. The community of Colinas de Suiza is comprised of of refugees that had to relocate after hurricane Mitch in 1998. After ten years the community is anticipating the completion of a humanitarian engineering project to bring running water to their village. During their stay, the students helped fix a passive grey water system and complete a composting toilet, which represents one of the final stages of the water project. The project is the result of a collaborative four year effort between the CSM Humanitarian Engineering Program and senior design groups. Details about the activities and programs are available on the web at http://humanitarian.mines.edu/. (read Fiona Meinert's full article about the trip in the McBride Fall 2008 newsletter).
Construction of an eco-toilet along with students from a Honduran university. Photo courtesy of Mark Rosa.
Mark Rosa with some of the students in the village of Colinas de Suiza. Photo courtesy of Mark Rosa.
Andrea Yocom getting to know some local children. Photo courtesy of Mark Rosa.
Toucan on Copan ruinas bird santuary. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Munoz.
On the roof of the power generating facility at the sugar cane factory. Photo courtesy of Mark Rosa.
The group in the van the first night on the way to VillaNueva. Photo courtesy of Arianne Dean.
