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| Solar
Mexico |
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| Solar Mexico is an initiative of
Jason West, working collaboratively with the Mexican Foundation for
Rural Development (FMDR) and sustained entirely by private donations
from residents of the United States, Mexico and elsewhere. Our
mission is to provide renewable energy resources to poor rural
families, to improve the quality of life in ways that are
environmentally and socially beneficial, and to promote international
friendship and cooperation. |
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The
Mexican Foundation for Rural Development (FMDR) |
| FMDR is a nonprofit organization, created
and sustained by private initiative. It has more than 40 years of
experience improving the lives of rural low-income Mexicans.
Through projects to support development, education, health and energy,
FMDR improved the well being of more than 22,000 families and over 1200
rural cooperatives in 2001. More information is available at www.fmdr.org.mx |
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| The
Daniel A. Okun Chapter of Engineers Without Borders at UNC-Chapel Hill |
| Since 2004, EWB at UNC has led successful project trips to Cambodia, Peru, and Mexico. The chapter includes both graduate students and undergraduates, who volunteer towards fundraising, project planning, engineering, and site assessment and implementation trips. It is a chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA. Please consider donating to EWB-UNC, in addition to or instead of Solar Mexico. More information is available at: studentorgs.unc.edu/ewb/ |
| Jason
West |
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| Jason
West is an environmental engineer working toward solutions to climate
change,
air pollution, and sustainable development. He studied Mexico City air pollution for four years at MIT and in Mexico. While living in Mexico City, he initiated this project with the Mexican Foundation for Rural Development. He is an assistant professor in Environmental Sciences & Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He enjoys traveling, hiking, gardening, piano, and of course, saving the planet. |
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