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Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders. Saskatoon Chapter. What is EWB?. What is EWB?. Human development organization: helping people in poverty through access to technology Chapters across Canada (26 student-run) Work Overseas directly Also do a lot of work in Canada. What is EWB: Work Overseas.

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Engineers Without Borders

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  1. Engineers Without Borders Saskatoon Chapter

  2. What is EWB? What is EWB? • Human development organization: helping people in poverty through access to technology • Chapters across Canada (26 student-run) • Work Overseas directly • Also do a lot of work in Canada

  3. What is EWB: Work Overseas • Every year, our local chapter sends one or two volunteers overseas • They work directly with local, community projects • Our chapter also funds a long-term development project • (Our long-term volunteer, Danny, is currently setting up an agricultural project in Malawi)

  4. What is EWB: Work Overseas Preston, one of our 2007 overseas volunteers. Worked this summer with a coffee farmer’s co-op in the country of Malawi. Set up infrastructure for their coffee-processing plant (especially waste-water treatment)

  5. What is EWB: Work in Canada • High School Outreach: • Conduct workshops in high-school classrooms, raising awareness about poverty in Canada’s next generation • Public Outreach and Advocacy: • Organize events that engage Canadians in the fight against poverty • Build relationships with MLAs and MPs to remind our government to play its part. • Fundraising: • Organize events to raise the funds that make our projects overseas possible. • Member education: • Learning more about the complexity ofinternational development

  6. Who Are we?

  7. Where will you see us? • Our Fair Trade Coffee • Sold in the hallway of the Engineering Building every morning • ~ $1 donation(Honor System - Think of the Children!) • Our infamous Friday BBQs • 2 burgers and a pop for $5 • NEW: “EWB-Cards” • (Buy 10, get 2 free)

  8. Getting Involved • Member Meetings: • 5:30PM • Thursday, Sept. 13 • 1B71 • Drop into our office (once we find one…) • We’ll talk to you Tuesday (Sept. 11th) in class • Email: executive@ewb.usask.ca • Our website: http://usask.ewb.ca

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