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Developing Cambodia’s Renewable Energy Sector
According to the World Bank⊃, only % of Cambodians have access to electricity, one of the lowest electrification rates in the world. Yet Cambodian's pay one of the highest rates for electricity in the world.The rising cost of electricity is a major barrier to the...
Engineers See Christmas Differently
Gab is working with EWB's partner Live & Learn Cambodia to design and install low cost sanitation solutions for a community living on the Tonle Sap Lake. The community lives and works largely on water, either in floating buildings or stilted houses. Over . million...
Floating Biodigesters Provide Sanitation Solutions in Cambodia
In August this year Gab started her placement with Live & Learn, Cambodia (www.livelearn.org) – a non-governmental organisation that aims to reduce poverty and advance sustainable development through innovative environmental education and environmental...
Connecting Land, Water and Culture
The Murray Darling Basin study tour provided participants with an opportunity to learn about Aboriginal culture and history first-hand from Traditional Owners, and apply this to their personal and professional lives through a reconciliation plan. Participants...
Engaging Students in Engineering Wins WA Science Award
The High School Outreach (HSO) Program is an innovative, hands-on, science and engineering outreach program that connects inspiring technical professionals to high school students across Australia and New Zealand. The program is run during science subjects and...
2012 Australian Humanitarian Engineering Summit
In July , the inaugural Australian Humanitarian Engineering Summit was held in Brisbane. During this summit, the profession was asked to provide input into the imperative, and potential response of humanitarian engineering. Five priority areas were identified;...
Engineers as Humanitarians: New Institute Launches
The Institute works in partnership with Australian universities to deliver sustainable development and humanitarian engineering education programs. EWB is a non-for-profit organisation that supports disadvantaged communities on appropriate technology and...
Danny Almagor: Big Ideas to Change the World
Danny Almagor was sitting in an aerospace engineering class when he had a life-changing moment.The university student, more interested in the side of engineering that directly affected people, found his course had drifted almost solely towards technology.&#;&#;By the...
Towards Inclusive WASH, Sharing Evidence from Nepal
Tika (left) and Dhanseri (right), female water supply caretakers, Lamidamar, Nepal. Photo: Amanda Binks, Engineers Without Borders AustraliaEWB volunteers have worked with NEWAH to create innovative approaches to WASH challenges, develop water safety plans and...
Behind the Scenes – Meet our EWB Volunteers
EWB has volunteers who work with our community partners overseas, our Aboriginal community partners in Australia, in the EWB office and in EWb regions and chapters. With only staff, volunteers really are the heart and soul of what we do - they take on challenging...
Welcome to our new High School Outreach Coordinator, Alisha
Alisha joined EWB at the beginning of to facilitate the High School Outreach Program (HSO) for Australia and New Zealand. She is based in Western Australia and has an academic background in sustainable development and a professional background in volunteer management,...
Thinking of Volunteering Overseas? Jai shares his experience
Jai, what did your role as Field Officer involve?The South Asia Field Officer role involves so many things I couldn't include them all here. Basically my role as the Field Officer was to be EWB's eye, ears, mouth and nose (especially pertinent) in India, Nepal and Sri...
EWB Founder Danny Almagor – Where is he now?
During this interview, Danny proposed a special offer to EWB'ers for one of the businesses in the Small Giants family, The Herd. The Herd is Australia's newest social movement, migrating you to greener products, ethical suppliers and better prices. By joining the...
Snapshot of Pro Bono Engineering Report
The ‘Year of Humanitarian Engineering' has highlighted the power that engineers and the engineering industry have to make significant and lasting impacts on communities in need. Pro bono engineering provides opportunities for companies to make contributions to...
Jon Lee Awarded Engineers Australia Medal
The Medal recognises the honorable service at the divisional level of EA by an individual in the pursuit of EA&#;s goals in the interests of the profession. EA especially recognised Jon&#;s inspiring work with the Year of Humanitarian Engineering (YoHE), helping to...
Pro Bono Engineering Workshops in Sydney and Melbourne
Throughout the Year of Humanitarian Engineering, engineers around the country have been talking about the power of pro bono engineering projects. Engineers Australia has commissioned a report into pro bono engineering projects through which employees of numerous...
EWB Education Program Wins Engineering Excellence Award
At the Sydney Division Awards held on September we were recognised in the Education and Training category, which seeks to award innovative engineering courses, subjects, projects or other innovative educational initiatives.Our awarded program includes four initiatives...
‘Go far, go together’ campaign
An old African proverb notes that if you want to fast, go alone but if you want to go far, go together. Development around the world has taken place at an incredible rate resulting in life-threatening implications for many communities.At EWB Australia, we know that if...
Engineering Positive Change in Cambodia
Tackling a major issue – water quality – Klyti is working with a Cambodian not-for-profit organization, RainWaterCambodia, to determine the most effective rainwater harvesting and education programs that improve conditions for local communities.Coordinated...
EWB Founder Daniel Almagor appears on the ABC’s The New Inventor
On the th of March, EWB Founder and former CEO Daniel Almagor appeared as a guest judge on an episode of the ABC's The New Inventors.Broadcast on ABC and hosted by comedian James O'Loghlin, each episode of the show features three...