Hi everyone! My name is Madison and I am a 3rd year Medical Engineering Honors student at QUT. I have recently been accepted into the Engineers without Borders Humanitarian Design Summit program. I will travel to Cambodia for two weeks from 10/07/2017 to
23/07/2017, meeting with communities to learn about community
development, appropriate technology and humanitarian design.

I am passionate about helping out others in the best way I can.. through engineering of course! I simply could not pass up the opportunity when it came by. Unfortunately the downside of this trip is that it is self funded. The trip cost is $3500 plus return flights to Cambodia. I will also need to get a large amount of injections and malaria tablets for the trip duration which I have been quoted $600 for. As this is quite a hefty cost for a university student, I thought I would take it to fundmytravel to see if I could get a helping hand! It would mean the world to me knowing people cared about my education and my passion and could lend a hand, not only to myself but the people in Cambodia. 

For an incentive, if you fund $25 I will personally send you a postcard from Cambodia! If you fund $50, I will purchase you a gift! ;)

For more information on the summit, please read below and watch the video of an idea of what I'll be getting up to on my trip. 

The Summit will challenge me to apply the skills and knowledge I have
learnt whilst studying at university to a community context.
The Design Summit is a two week professional experience that is
designed to provide me with experience in:
> humanitarian engineering and appropriate technology
> designing in resource constrained environments
> working with community and clients on needs analysis and problem
definition
> maintenance, materials and cost evaluation
> rapid prototyping and development
> cross-cultural engagement, teamwork and project management.
I will undertake more than 80 hours of full-time engineering work
experience during this two-week program. That is, 10 days of full-time
equivalent experience that meets the requirements of Australian
university engineering courses that are accredited by Engineers