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Launching the Year of Humanitarian Engineering
The Year of Humanitarian Engineering will recognise the role of engineering in improving quality of life and disaster recovery. The foremost goal of the year is to promote the significance and importance of humanitarian engineering to both the engineering profession...
The UNESCO Engineering Report & EWB – An Important Step Forward
The report, launched one month ago, is a huge step forward for the engineering community and focuses on ‘Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Development' – and looks at both the broad engineering profession and at its role in poverty reduction....
EWB Vol Awarded 2010 Young Water Professional of the Year
Amazing EWB volunteer, Claire Dixon was recently awarded in recognition of her work by receiving the Young Water Professional of the Year Award.Claire has made significant achievements in her seven years since graduation with Melbourne Water and more recently with GHD...
EWB CEO wins accolade
Despite an unprecedented number of nominations this year and the judges being faced with an incredibly competitive field of candidates, EWB CEO Lizzie Brown was awarded a highly Commended in the Category of Qld Young Professional Engineer of the Year....
From the Field
Country profile: Vietnam A difficult past has not stopped Vietnam from developing into a dynamic modern economy. During the past two decades, the country has experienced significant economic growth as it shifted to a market-style economyWhile poverty has fallen in...
Cambodian Development Adventure
hands-on understanding of humanitarian development in a culturally rich and challenging environment. It also provides a wonderful opportunity to network with like minded community and business leaders.Engineers Without Borders Cambodia Development Adventure will...
EWB and Engineers Australia Partnership
This partnership enhances an existing close relationship between EWB and EA and is based on the shared objective of facilitating the work of Australian engineers to alleviate poverty and disadvantage.The partnership aims to promote and extend professional and social...
EWB volunteer Simon Osenieks wins Young Professional Engineer of
EWB members and volunteer Simon Osenieks has been awarded the Young Professional Engineer of the year by the Canberra Division of Engineers Australia. Simon, who has a Bachelor of Engineering (honours) in sustainable Energy Systems and electronic systems has...
EWB award winners
A huge congratulations to EWB's South East Programs Director Kim Axworthy and EWB Member and volunteer Michael D'Onofrio who were two of the seven winners of the Australia's Most Inspiring Young Engineers awards at last nights Engineering Leadership conference....
A new CEO appointment for Engineers Without Borders
After seven years at the helm, one of EWB's founders Daniel Almagor will be stepping down as CEO. Daniel and the entire EWB Community are proud to announce the promotion of our Operations Director Lizzie Brown who will be taking up the position of CEO from May .Daniel...
EWB commemorates Bianca Tong
Engineers Without Borders Australia are deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Bianca Tong in February. An integral part of the EWB community, Bianca's intelligence, warmth and commitment to other people shone through in all her work, she was an...
ACFID accreditation
ACFID is an independent national association of Australian non-government organisations (NGOs) working in the field of international aid and development. The Code represents the active commitment of overseas aid agencies or non government development organisations to...
New Project Profile – The Lamalama Ranger Base Upgrade
New Project Profile - LamalamaNew Project in - Lamalama Ranger Base Upgrage -Cape York QLDPosted by Nathalie Cattaneo to Public file storage, th January , :amLamalama is a new project in focusing on improvements to the ranger base at Port Stewart for the...
Volunteer Profile – Andrew McMillan
Name: Andrew McMillan Current home town: SydneyCurrent/previous employer and position: WorleyParsons – Engineer (Urban Infrastructure group) What has been your involvement with EWB in the past?: Though I've been...
EWB volunteer profile – Jon Lee
This month we'd like to celebrate the amazing work of EWB volunteer Jon Lee. Jon is a civil engineer with years of experience in design and construction supervision on geotechnical building and infrastructure projects. Jon's illustrious career includes working in Hong...
Haiti Earthquake
Although EWB does not work directly with disaster relief operations, we encourage everyone to consider contributing funds to the disaster recovery effort following the Haiti Earthquake. There are many organisations currently calling for donations so that they can...
All the Way 40k!
MONEY RAISEDMain Roads technology forum (August ) - $.EWB volunteers work at main roads including past president Sophie Presice, Sophie helped organise the raffle where approximately delegates attend the technology forum. The money raised purely from conducting a...
Terima kasih & selamat jalan! (Thank you & good travels)
Jerome Bowen has been a main driver in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through his employer's involvement with EWB and the Tenganan Water Supply Project. The EWB community would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you for his dedication to...
A New Chapter for EWB Founder & CEO
Dear friends, My time as CEO of EWB is coming to an end. I have been thinking about this for a while and I believe that it is a good time to pass on the reins to someone new. EWB is in a very positive position with exciting new strategic goals for the next five years,...
Overseas Volunteer Departures
Gary Field-Mitchell Gary Field-Mitchell is a Kiwi who graduated from an environmental engineering degree, then followed this with a masterate in process engineering, mostly because he wondered if there was more to life than poo (still undecided on this). He arrived in...