As he packed his bags to return to Madagascar in June 2018, Eric Wagner ā12 CLAS checked off the items on his list: toothbrush, socks, umbrella, charger, ā¦ drones. The °®°®Ö±²„ alumnus, an expert in geographic information systems, or GIS, was fulfilling a promise heād made the previous summer to Catholic Relief Services in the worldās fourth largest island: to personally deliver unmanned aerial vehicles and related equipment. ā¼ļø °®°®Ö±²„ has enjoyed a 13-year institutional partnership with CRS, the overseas relief and development agency of the Catholic Church in the US. Since 2015, the University has been involved year-round with helping CRS and its Malagasy partners to carry out a project funded by the US Agency for International Development in Madagascar. The projectās goals in this nation off the southeastern coast of Africa are to promote the health and nutrition of pregnant women and young children, increase and diversify household incomes, and build communitiesā resilience to disasters. ā¼ļø On site and in the classroom, faculty, staff and students have shared their time and knowledge in areas such as water infrastructure, health, hygiene and microlending. Now theyāve added drone technology, which can take humanitarian work to new levels.