Engineers Without Borders CanadaOverseas Programs

EWB Nationally + UOIT Fall Semester 2009 5 mins

Intro to Overseas Work 5 mins

Read sector brief in groups 10 mins

Discuss, write down major points/themes 15 mins

Presentations and questions 20 mins

The JF program

Mike Klassen’s Blog 5 mins

Wind down + announcements Remaining time

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Workshop UOIT Style

http://uoit.ewb.ca/be-without-borders/workshop-materials

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EWB Canada at a Glance - 2008

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In Canada OverseasLargest advocacy network in CanadaPassing of Bill C-293 to enshrine poverty reduction as a focus of Canada’s aidEWB most vocal supporter in Canada – 12,000 signatures presented in parliament.

Government Commitment to untie 100% of AidFocus of EWB advocacy since 2004 5000 signatures, 100 letters to MPs, 50 meetings with MPs

Fair trade 200,000 Canadians reached directlyContributed to Second Cup offering Fair trade in 2008

EWB dreams of a future world in which every woman, man and child has the opportunity to live the life they choose. Countless Africans are struggling to achieve this - they are getting their children in school, demanding better services from their government, and growing more crops.

Their struggle is made harder by systemic barriers preventing positive change, with the largest being an aid sector that creates disincentives to effective development. We work to address this.

Vision: Prosperous rural livelihoods sector

Agriculture Water & Sanitation Rural Infrastructure for Local

Government Work in

West Africa ( Ghana, Burkina Faso) Southern Africa ( Zambia, Malawi)

80 volunteers/ year Focus – Capacity Development and

Aid sector advocacy Not focus on hard engineering skills

Fall Semester

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Intro to overseas

Ghana – Governance and Rural Infrastructure (GaRI)

Ghana – Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA)

Malawi – Water

Malawi – Sanitation

(Malawi WatSan)

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Break into groups/read

NGOs – non-governmental organizations

Dorothy –Representative of the people with whom and for whom EWB works

JF – junior fellowship program

Why is the program needed?

How it works? Any challenges? What are the goals? Have they been

met?

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Malawi – Water

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Ghana – GaRI

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Ghana – MoFA

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Malawi – Sanitation

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JF Program

The Junior Fellowship (JF) Program is an amazing opportunity for University students to gain valuable, life changing “on the ground” development experience, and translate that experience into learning and impact here in Canada. The JF program involves a total of 18 months committed to creating change: six months of preparation in Canada including rigorous leadership

training; four months volunteering overseas with local partner organisations eight more months with the chapter upon return translating the

experience into learning and impact for the chapter We understand that four months is a short time to have a lasting

impact overseas - while our volunteers will have some impact in the community in which they work, their greatest impact will be in their home community and at their university upon their return.

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Mike Klassen

http://reflectiveaction.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/beneath-the-surface/

UofT Chapter President Zambia, summer 2009 Sanitation, CLTS

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Mike Klassen

May 21st – 22nd How does he feel? Any questions you would ask him at that

moment? How do you think he felt coming back home? Think of questions you can ask him next

week!

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Acoustic Café

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