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Jose Moreira /
Engineering
Miracles
> “Whenever I see somebody in need, if
there’s something I can do to help, I want to
do it, even if it takes my time or my money,” says
Jose Moreira, an associate in Houston. Moreira has
given a lot of both—in his current hometown and in
El Salvador. For his commitment, Moreira was given
Booz Allen’s highest honor for community service:
a 2009 Booz Allen Excellence Award.
In Houston, Moreira organized a group of Booz Allen
colleagues to participate in Rebuilding Together, a
national nonprofit organization that repairs homes
for those without enough money to do so themselves.
The team spent three weekends refurbishing
the home of an elderly widow. “We fixed siding,
repaired the roof, replaced doors and windows,
and made her house safe and sound again,” says
Moreira. “She called us her little angels.”
In a small community in El Salvador, the needs are
even more dire—and Moreira tackles them as president
of the Houston chapter of Engineers Without
Borders, which provides pro bono engineering services
to communities in the developing world.
“The community’s well had become contaminated,
so they needed a new source of drinking water,”
says Moreira. The Houston chapter’s engineers visited
numerous times and worked alongside community
leaders to assess requirements, take surveys,
and set up contacts with local engineers.
“The day the drilling contractor hit water, I got a call
in Houston,” he says. “They said water was spurting
out of the borehole, and folks were so excited
they were playing in the water-filled streets.”
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