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Stories from EWB Australia
Engineer by profession, engineer in spirit
Caption: Environmental engineer and EWB Field Professional volunteer, Ella, in Pu Ngaol village. In 2023, two different community contexts were offered to universities delivering the EWB Challenge Series program. The overseas context looked at the aspirations and...
Designing Indigenous-led engineering pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been practising engineering and sustainably managing Country for over 70,000 years. But in the engineering sector, the number of Indigenous engineers employed in Australia remains low. How can we attract this critical...
Inspiring the next generation of technology stewards with Bentley Systems
Pictured: Year 10 school students at the inaugural Innovation Challenge held in November 2022. An annual STEM outreach event that explores and showcases the opportunities possible in STEM careers brought 60 high-school students from three schools across Victoria...
International Day for Volunteer Managers – and why they matter!
This year's International Volunteer Managers Day theme is "Be the Voice". As EWB Volunteer Outreach Lead, Anna Cain wants to voice a big thanks to all the volunteer managers who are enabling EWB to connect, educate and empower people through humanitarian...
Kickstart with Mecca M-Power Boot Camp
In early August, Chelsea Hayward, the recent winner of the MECCA M-Power grant supported by a partnership between Engineers Without Borders Australia and MECCA Brands, participated in a bootcamp for young female social entrepreneurs. The bootcamp formed part of the...
Understanding the Indigenous legacy enriches Engineering
How far back to we need to go to understand the engineering solutions that have been applied to shape our landscape? In Australia examples like the Brewarrina Fish Traps in South Western New South Wales, recognised by Engineers Australia as a heritage location...
RWC & EWB recognised at Australian National Water conference
Last week, I had the privilege to attend and present at OzWater, the Australian Water Association’s (AWA) annual conference, along with Kea, the executive director of Rainwater Cambodia (RWC). As well as my presentation, I also was involved in planning and...
Coming together for Naidoc
NAIDOC outreach events have become a staple in the Vic EWB calendar. As always a troupe of volunteers represented by national office, state chapter, university and professional associate alike all pile into cars and journey up to Barmah for a day dedicated to the...
Embracing Aboriginal Culture Through EWB Partnership
Structural Engineer Katie Brown recently participated in an Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Design for Development programme in partnership with the University of Adelaide. The programme included a small number of workshops and a seven day tour across regional...
Professional Skills Development in Cambodia
Professional Skills Development in Cambodia - Improving employment pathways for graduates in technical sectorsOn 26th January 2017, EWB's Professional Skills Development project ran a Link & Learn workshop in Phnom Penh in collaboration...
Launching EWB Australia’s Annual Report ‘Towards 2020’
EWB Australia is proud to launch its 2015-16 Annual Report, ‘Towards 2020,’ celebrating and reporting the impact of our organisation over the last financial year. The report, EWB’s most comprehensive yet, showcases the breadth of our impact and...
Water Abundance Xprize challenge offers $1.5 Million to create water.
Aims to alleviate the global water crisis with energy-efficient technologies that harvest fresh water from thin air.WATER ABUNDANCE XPRIZE - APply at water.xprize.orgWater is a key element of life on our planet. More than 71% of the Earth’s surface is...
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2017
We are celebrating International Women's Day 2017 with a couple of inspiring announcementsAt EWB we believe that diversity and equality not only create a richer society, they also help to foster innovation, inspiration and solutions that help us solve some of...
RainWater Cambodia: Empowering Cambodians
By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. Recently my friend and colleague Rov Sokkhai wrote a small case study about the operations and maintenance training at RainWater Cambodia. The excellent case study shows that empowering people ends with better...
Celebrating the Making an Impact Summit 2016
EWB's ‘Making an Impact’ Summit celebrates the work of students across Australia and New ZealandAnnual event held at EWB's new home, The Dream Factory in FootscrayFor the second year running, university students from across Australia and New...
Celebrating International Volunteer Day – December 5th 2016!
EWB Australia relies on the work of over 1200 members who actively volunteer their time to EWB, as part of the International Volunteer Day, we celebrate them and all our other volunteers. This year's International Volunteer Day asks us to give all volunteers...
Priyani Madan – EWB Changemaker
Priyani Madan - Civil Engineer (Water) Arup - MelbournePriyani Madan has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters of Engineering and works as a Civil Engineer with the Arup Water Team.Written by Matilda Bowra.She originally joined EWB’s Melbourne University Chapter,...
Luan Nguyen – EWB Changemaker
Luan Nguyen - Civil Engineer, Vice President EWB WA Region “I first came across EWB when I did the EWB Challenge during my first year at university. I was finding engineering very abstract and uninteresting and was thinking about dropping out....
EWB and Sail: Supporting the Sudanese Australian Community
Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning (SAIL) is a non-profit, volunteer-run program that provides free English tutoring support and community services to the Sudanese Australian community.Written by Matilda Bowra.SAIL was started in Melbourne 16 years ago and is now...
Creating Digital Access for Migrants and Refugees through EWB.
Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) recognises that digital access is a major barrier to disadvantaged and marginalised groups participating in Australian society and is developing a digital access strategy to help bridge the digital divide."It can be very...
40 Over 40 – Inspiring ARUP employees to join EWB.
Arup's 40 over 40 campaign - Inspiring ARUP's employees to join EWB.Arup’s 40 over40 campaign is designed to inspire more senior Arup employees to become actively involved with Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB).Written by Matilda B0wra. The...
The Power of our People – the EWB Community in Action
The power of our people - The EWB community in action Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) is addressing the most pressing issues of our time by mobilising a diverse and vibrant community of people to create positive change through humanitarian...
A day in the life of a Field Professional – Part 5
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh - Part 5.By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog.Last week I was given an opportunity to facilitate a workshop to the Center for Sustainable Water’s Young Professional...
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