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Here's an update on what Sun employees in Colorado are doing through Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to help bring technology to disadvantaged countries: 

- Arborloo Project (sub-project of the Togo Project) - Sun employees designed, produced, and translated materials to teach students and teachers how to use a compostable pit toilet. Other members of the EWB Denver Chapter created materials that describe how to construct and move the toilet, and a Sun employee also translated these documents into French.

- Sun employees have assisted with the art work and the translation of documentation.  Also the translator of our work, is assisting with other translations for the EWB Denver Chapter.

- Working in conjunction with the Denver Chapter to find our project niche, we became aware of a need for communications and translations solutions.  We have been researching various solutions that may work for the long term in Togo and other countries.

- We are working in conjunction with the Chicago EWB group to formulate a plan for the remote Togo village to acquire internet, with computers/laptops. The program is being presented to the village in August when the Chicago Chapter goes for the clean water system they are developing. The village will decide whether or not they want internet for the village, mainly for a learning aid. This involves talking with government officials, education people, and NGO's to try and get the internet service at reduced or no cost to the village. Once the village approves, we will become more involved to come up with the final solution (power, computers, routers, WIFI).