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A message from EWB CEO, Eleanor Loudon
As Eleanor wraps up six years as EWB Chief Executive Officer this month, she shares some reflections about her experience leading the organisation over the years: An Indigenous elder on an island in Kratie, Cambodia, once took me aside and asked directly, what can...
How traditional sand filtration methods are solving complex engineering problems in Cambodia
As the Mekong River ambles south from its origin in the Sanjianyuan nature reserve in China, it passes through Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand before arriving in Cambodia where it fractures into winding ribbons that create islands in the flow. The people of Koh Tnoat...
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...
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...
International Volunteer Managers Day – One Job, Many Hats!
International Volunteer Managers Day – One Job, many hats! A reflection and thank you from Jacqui Bell, Member & Volunteer Engagement TeamWhen we identified that there was an ‘international’ day for acknowledging volunteer managers around...
ATEC* Biodigester receives International social enterprise award
ATEC* Biodigester recognised as South East Asia’s number one Social Enterprise for 2016. Social Enterprise receives award at the Sankalp South East Asia Summit ATEC* Biodigester, the social enterprise developed from EWB Australia’s...
A day in the life of a Field Professional – Part 4.
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh - Part 2By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. This is An, he is one of the most fascinating people that I have met in-country. I was just walking down the road one day...
A day in the life of a Field Professional – Part 3.
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh - Part 2By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. This week I will hopefully try to complete the first output of my placement. I will be running a survey with the staff as...
A day in the life of an EWB Field Professional – Part 2.
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh - Part 2By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. The last few weeks have been really exciting, getting really stuck into my work at RainWater Cambodia and heading out to a...
A day in the life of an EWB Field Professional
A Day in the Life - An EWB Field Professional experience in Phnom Penh.By Lachlan Guthrie - originally published on his blog. Recently I have been given an amazing opportunity to represent EWB Australia in Cambodia, working with our long term partner RainWater...
EWB Connect – Creating a pro bono culture in engineering
Leadership at all levels - Creating a pro bono culture in engineeringA meeting of the Community of Practice for Pro Bono Systems.By Sarah Matthee, Former EWB Corporate Coordinator Last week, a group of twenty engineering sector representatives from around...
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