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http://www.ewb.ca
What is EWB?
At the turn of the Millennium the people of world, through
the United Nations, formulated the Millennium Development
Goals aimed at halving world poverty by 2015.
Engineers Without Borders
Canada (EWB) is a leading charitable organisation
dedicated to meeting this challenge. Formed in 2000,
we are Canada's fastest growing development organisation.To
date we have sent more than 160 volunteers overseas
who have helped thousands of people improve their own
lives. Closer to home, our 15000 members across the
country strive to raise awareness amoung Canadians about
how they can make decisions that positively impact communities
overseas and encourage the Canadian government to become
a model global citizen by taking on a leadership role
in poverty alleviation.
Our Mission
Engineers Without Borders promotes human development
through access to technology.
Human development is about people: their desire and
struggle to expand their freedoms and lead lives that
they value. In this quest, access to appropriate technology
plays a key role — every day, people work to improve
their technology, laws, institutions and governance
in the complex circumstances that poverty, alienation
and voicelessness create.
Members of EWB are passionate about
helping people gain access to the technologies that
will reduce vulnerabilities and increase opportunities
in developing communities. We do so by contributing
our knowledge, financial resources, volunteer time,
skills, and collective voice to help communities around
the world.
Activities
Overseas Operations
EWB works in partnership with developing communities
around the world, helping them to gain access to the
appropriate technologies they need to improve their
lives.
We focus on developing the capacity
of the local technical sector to ensure that that innovative,
appropriate and sustainable solutions to people's problems
are locally generated and available.
Engaging
Canadians
In today's inter-connected world sustainable development
requires change at home. EWB engages Canadians to take
actions to support sustainable development. In particular,
our members seek to make Canada the most pro-development
and sustainable country in the world. Through our education
and outreach programs, we run one of Canada's most exciting
engagement initiatives.
Contact the University of Calgary Chapter:
Our chapter works to develop student and faculty
awareness of humanitarian issues and provide an environment
that allows individuals to learn about the complexities
of international development and become active global
citizens. We believe that technology, when appropriately
incorportared into each communities's social, cultural,
economic and political contect, can drive extraordinatry
change.
Anne Chung(President)
Mailbox 527
Students Union, 2500 University Drive N.W.
Calgary, AB
T2N 1N4
Phone: (403) 220-7754
Fax: [attn: EWB] at (403) 284-3697
Email: ewb@ucalgary.ca
Web: (local) http://ucalgary.ewb.ca
Web: (national) http://www.ewb.ca
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