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Stories from the Field
See how our communities are creating lasting change together.
Announcing our 2025 EWB Challenge community partner – WaterAid Australia
Since 2009, Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB Australia) has worked alongside communities in Timor-Leste to develop sustainable solutions to the unique social, economic, and environmental challenges they face. Through long-term partnerships and human-centred...
That’s a wrap for the 2024 EWB Challenge Showcase!
This year’s EWB Challenge Showcase was delivered in collaboration with the 2024 World Engineering Education Forum hosted by the University of Technology Sydney. Finalist teams from 14 universities across Australia and New Zealand joined us at the Sydney Masonic Centre...
This graduate program puts women engineers in the field and brings ‘feto’ to the front
Featured image: ‘Feto to the Front’ graduates with the representatives of the US Embassy in Timor-Leste and EWB staff and volunteers in the Timor-Leste office in Dili. In Timor-Leste, water is a woman’s problem. In rural and regional areas, water generally isn’t...
Where change is happening
Communities across Australia and the Pacific are leading the way. New partnerships forming. Local teams solving problems that matter. This is where you see it first.
Results of the 2024 EWB Australia Board Elections and AGM
In the recent EWB Board elections, of which three roles were available, Margarita Moya and Abhishek Singh were re-elected for another term, and we welcome Stacey Daniel to the EWB Board. Margarita is an experienced Non-Executive Director and has been an Engineers...
Nominations now open for the EWB Australia Board
Each year, voting members are invited to nominate and elect individuals to the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Australia Board of Directors (“The Board”). This is an important opportunity to have your say and elect individuals who can make a valuable contribution in...
EWB Australia appoints new Chief Executive Officer
Engineers Without Borders Australia is excited to share with you news of the appointment of Russell Shewan as the new CEO of Engineers Without Borders Australia, effective Tuesday 11th June 2024. Russell has held executive and leadership roles with organisations such...
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