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Our dedicated innovation pipeline fosters new solutions for safe sanitation, water, energy, and shelter, and puts the needs of the community first. From student ideation through EWB Challenge and EWB Design Summits, to further investigation and testing with EWB Research, and EWB Field Placements, we take great new ideas and develop them into
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The Trip Ended. The Mindset Didn’t.
EWB Immersive Study Tour How might we engineer for a problem that won't hold still? Meet Sofie. Former Water Engineer at Aurecon. Sofie spent just over a week in Vanuatu on the 2025 EWB Immersive Study Tour. The focus was climate resilience in the Pacific. What...
EWB calls on sector to close remote water gap:
Media Release - For Immediate Release, 25th of may 2026 More than 400 remote Australian communities are waiting for safe drinking water right now The funding exists. The vision exists. The delivery does not. Engineers Without Borders Australia, the Australian not for...
Jack and Mary’s Workshop
A bigger picture Jack and Mary's workshop is one part of a bigger story. For years now, our team has been working alongside Vanuatu's Ministry of Health to help shape how the country handles its waste, village by village, and at the level of national policy. The...
Sadia’s Year
Sadia and the team troubleshooting a pump to provide an alternative access to water for a community. Sadia Abdullah is a civil engineer from Sydney. She always wanted a job that would take her somewhere. She thought she knew what engineering meant. Then she spent a...
David’s Village
David lives by a lagoon in Vanuatu. He swam in those waters as a boy. He fished with his family. He watched the mangroves sway in the wind off the bay. The lagoon was his playground. His pantry. His home. He is still here. The lagoon is still here. But a lot has...
EWB Australia establishes local government partnership model with Walgett Shire Council
EWB Australia establishes local government partnership model with Walgett Shire Council First Nations Water Security Local Government Partnership EWB respectfully acknowledges the Gamilaraay, Yuwaalaraay, and Yuwaalayaay peoples, the Traditional Owners of the land on...
EWB Australia partners with First Nations community for the 2026 EWB Challenge
EWB Australia Challenge First Nations engineering humanitarian engineering Australia Indigenous engineering education community-led design Aboriginal partnership engineering Cape York engineering projects Lama Lama Country place-based learning Engineering education...
Utilising solar power for better coffee in off-grid Timor-Leste communities
Timorese man and two women resurfacing plastic panels for the project
EWB Australia launches 2025–2028 Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan
Over the past few years, EWB Australia has been developing deeper connections with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations. This is a great privilege and has provided the opportunity for our staff, partners and volunteers to listen and...
The power of partnerships: unlocking access to clean water on Lama Lama Country
Partnerships are the foundation of our Engineering on Country (EoC) water program in Australia. Community expertise, financial support and pro-bono technical support are critical to the success of the program. Recently, our corporate partners and supporters have been...