Youth enterprise opens opportunities for Timorese with disabilities
Timor-Leste has what is described as a ‘youth bulge’. Almost 60% of the population of this relatively new nation are aged under 25. With increasing numbers entering the workforce every year, currently only around 11% are employed. (DFAT 2018) This is a difficult...
3D printed shoes – engineering know-how changing children’s lives
From ordering online for direct-to-your-door delivery, to real time video chat with the other side of the world, there are multiple efficiencies in our technological world that we all take for granted every day. A fact which makes it all the more troubling that many...
Mind the gap!
New skills are opening up opportunities in emerging engineering sectors. Despite an early start on this sultry hot Sunday morning, a first floor classroom at Royal University Phnom Penh is packed with students attending a Khmer trainer led workshop on research...
Special toilets have special needs
What kind of toilet do you need when you don’t live on land? We ask that question every day, because we work with communities living on lakes, flood plains and high in remote mountains. Living in the places where standard sanitation systems don’t work. If we are to...