IEEE is witnessing a revolution within its organization; we are seeing the rise of a growing volunteer community committed to the application of technology for development and solving local problems - what has traditionally been identified within IEEE as Humanitarian Activities. What started as a handful of volunteers has grown into a significant community with potentially high-impact initiatives such as conferences, highly focused technology development efforts, and structured local volunteer networks. 

• R10 Congress, Hyderabad, India
• GHTC SAS, Trivandrum, India
• RRR9 Congress, Medell�n, Colombia
• GHTC, San Jose, USA
• RNR, Jo�o Pessoa, Brazil 

 IEEE 2013 President Peter Staecker visiting the SIGHT booth at R10 Congress.

• Eyes Free Science Camp, Kerala, India
• MedGuide medical device for pregnant women, Gujarat, India
• Uttarkhand Disaster Response Workshop, Delhi, India
• Community Engagement Workshop, Karachi, Pakistan 

The first prototype of a handcycle for rehabilitation of children with movement disorders.

Science and technology education workshops for hospitalized children from low-resource families.

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Please let us know what you would like to read about in upcoming SIGHT newsletters.

Send your suggestions and ideas to Holly Schneider Brown, SIGHT Program Manager, at h.s.brown@ieee.org. 

 

 

Greetings, Colleagues! We are excited to bring you the first SIGHT newsletter. 2013 has been a year of explosive growth for us. Here's a peek at what has been going on:

• We welcomed 29 new SIGHT groups from 13 countries.
• We held 5 Community Engagement Workshops for 600 participants around the world.
• We introduced our first SIGHT Educational Tools Webinar.
• We debuted the first SIGHT Fellowship Program with 7 SIGHT Fellows from 6 countries convening at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in San Jose, CA, USA.
• We awarded 4 SIGHT project grants to promising initiatives.
• And more!

 

One of the most active SIGHTs of the year was the Madras Section SIGHT in India.

Read their report to find out how they provided a variety of opportunities for students to start applying engineering to solve social problems.

 

SIGHT has plenty in the works for the New Year. Some of the opportunities to learn, network, and/or apply for funding include:

• Quarterly SIGHT Webinar Series to increase your knowledge and interact with your SIGHT peers around the world
• SIGHT Fellowship Program to allow select paper authors to attend a major IEEE humanitarian conference
• SIGHT Project Grant Program for projects small and large
• Opportunity Catalog with engagement ideas for SIGHT Groups
• SIGHT Conference Events - our 2014 calendar of workshops and events
• Plus more to come!