engineers without borders canada overseas programs ewb nationally+ uoit fall semester 20095 mins...
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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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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
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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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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