Thursday April 26, 2012

Change a life with just $2.00

Next week, EOS International will be kicking off a social media campaign to generate awareness of our ability to change a life with just $2. The $2 For a Better Future Campaign will run from May 2nd to May 22nd and our goal is to raise $4,000 and generate awareness of our work to create a better future in Nicaragua.

Here are EOS co-founders Greg McGrath and Wes Meier to introduce the campaign in our first ever video blog, recorded on Sunday, April 22nd:

To watch the video, click the Youtube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxMS3QwksjA, or click the link at the top of this this e-mail to view it on your browser.

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Improving the lives of Nicaraguan children

Children are our future. Ensuring they are gaining an education and living healthy lives is one of the best investments we can make. In the last three years, EOS technologies have improved the lives of thousands of Nicaraguan children. Here are a few of the ways we are making this happen:

- Providing clean drinking water to their villages
- Removing smoke and indoor air pollution from their houses
- Helping their families grow vegetables for sale and consumption with drip irrigation systems

Together with your continued support, we can ensure the children of this generation children can break the cycle of poverty.

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EOS at the 2012 Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit

Last weekend, Wes, Greg, and Joe Lamusga (former EOS Board President) traveled to The Ohio State University to participate in the fourth annual Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit. This event brought together an impressive list of inspiring social entrepreneurs and changemakers to share ideas and discuss the potential that entrepreneurship and social profit business have to end poverty.

Above and right, Wes & Greg are pictured at the Summit with Dr. Melissa Briggs-Phillips, Executive Director of Ohio State’s International Poverty Solutions Collaborative (IPSC). 

IPSC is building a program in El Sauce, Nicaragua, where Wes lived for two years during his time with the Peace Corps and where EOS still has a presence. There is a strong potential to collaborate with ISPC and this was just one of many wonderful contacts developed out of the APTE Summit. 

While at Ohio State, the EOS team also connected with student members and leadership of Engineers Without Borders’ Great Lakes Region.

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