This year, 69 students joined EWH for the January Institutes in Guatemala, Uganda, and Cambodia to work in 25 hospitals. Participants repaired a total of 708 pieces of hospital equipment, including oxygen concentrators, ventilators, patient monitors, and much more. You can read each program's report here.

Congratulations to everyone who completed the program, and thank you again to our partners: the University of New South Wales, Makerere University, the University of Puthisastra, Rochester Institute of Technology, George Mason University, and DoGuatemala. You make our programs possible.

Institute Alumni are amazing people who regularly inspire us with their achievements and passion for doing good. This month, we'd like to highlight the work of some Australian alumni.

Dr. Lauren Kark of UNSW shared the following story with us: "Worried that the state was going to run out ventilators, New South Wales Health and UNSW partnered together to scavenge unused ventilators

from throughout the state. These ventilators were brought to our makerspaces on campus. The Deputy Dean contacted me to see whether I might be able to recruit nine students who had previously participated in the EWH Summer/January Institutes. I put out a call to all our former participants. Within ten minutes we had 10 volunteers. Within two days we had over 70 volunteers!"

These students will work with the ventilator task force to revive these unused ventilators in preparation for hospital use in Australia. If it turns out that these ventilators are not required, they will be donated to Australia's neighboring nations in need.

We love hearing from our Alumni! If you'd like to share an update with us, please email us anytime at [email protected].