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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
