Engineers Without Borders Saskatoon Chapter. What is EWB? Human development organization: helping people in poverty through access to technology Chapters.

Engineers Without BordersEngineers Without Borders

Saskatoon ChapterSaskatoon 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?What is EWB?

What is EWB: Work OverseasWhat 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)

What is EWB: Work OverseasWhat 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)

What is EWB: Work in CanadaWhat 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 of

international development

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Who Are we?Who Are we?

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Where will you see us?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)

Getting InvolvedGetting 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: [email protected]

• Our website: http://usask.ewb.ca