So the Nicaragua thing is a bit of a long story, but I was there from the 11th to the 29th of June working with a friend of mine on a project involving testing water filters and setting up some followup and monitoring work on filters that were already distributed. Here are some links to get an idea of the folks I am working with down there:

• Potters for Peace -- a really fabulous fair trade organization, though I am connecting with them primary around their work on this filter design which has been used in about 14 developing countries so far, with pretty impressive results.
• MoviMondo -- Italian-based humanitarian aid organization, has done a lot of work in San Francisco Libre, the area I was in.

MIT CEE Projects in Nepal

• MIT Nepal Water Project 2001-2002 website with excellent documents, bios, photos, and a little bit about past projects.
• A little about the project including a short video clip done during 2000.
• MIT Press Release, Dec. 2001: Clean water for Nepal is focus of MIT research
• Tech Talk Article, Dec. 2001: Project strives for clean drinking water in Nepal
• Tech Talk Article, May 2002: MIT team tests inexpensive ways to bring clean water to villages in Nepal including photo gallery and project slide show.