Engineers Without Borders
ABOUT US: Poverty is not about weakness. For the 800 million people who go hungry each day and the one billion who lack access to clean water, poverty is an absence of opportunity. Engineers Without Borders is a fast-growing, critical thinking and dynamic group of young leaders from all across Canada.
While EWB initially focused on "access to appropriate technology", with experience and understanding this has shifted to create positive change for those living in extreme poverty.
Through a strong combination of work both in Africa and Canada, EWB aims to achieve the following outcomes:
1. Engaging Canadians to Contribute and Connect to Africa
2. Helping the engineering profession serve global society
3. Supporting Rural African Capacity
4. Advocating for improved Canadian policies towards Africa Overseas EWB works in 4 countries: Ghana and Burkina Faso in West Africa, and Malawi and Zambia in Southern Africa. Our work is focused in two main sectors: Agriculture and Water & Sanitation. This overseas work strongly supports the third outcome area of Supporting "Rural African Capacity", as EWB volunteers and staff work side-by-side with local development workers to understand and take action to alleviate poverty.
The UNB Chapter typically sends one or two university students each year on short-term placements as part of the Junior Fellowship program. We also help to support long-term volunteers (1-3 years) who have graduated from university. In Canada EWB has a strong and well connected network of members with student chapters at 26 universities as well as city chapters in 7 major cities. Our members work hard to connect Canadians to Africa through innovative outreach and educational programs. We also work with engineering faculty members to shape the next generation of "global engineers" who will serve global society.
Finally EWB has a strong track record for advocating for improved Canadian policy towards Africa, which we intend to continue to drive moving forward to Canada plays its role as a model global citizen.
CONTACT US: Engineers Without Borders - University of New Brunswick Chapter unb.ewb.ca or unb@ewb.ca
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