Transcript Building a Better World (PPT, 4.3-Mb)

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USA
BUILDING A BETTER WORLD
WHY EWB-USA?
The World Today:
1.2 billion lack clean water
2.4 billion lack adequate sanitation
2.4 billion at risk with malaria
1.2 billion lack adequate housing
1.6 billion have no access to electricity
4.2 billion are unable to read
29,000 children die every day from hunger
1.4 billion live on less than $2.50 a day
Source: United Nations and World Bank
In 2010, 2,188,601 people in developing communities world wide were
directly or indirectly impacted by EWB-USA projects.
Intro Video
WHO ARE WE?
We are leaders.
EWB-USA supports community-driven
development programs worldwide,
collaborating with local partners to design
and implement sustainable engineering
projects, while creating transformative
experiences and responsible leaders.
Our passion is to make a difference.
EWB-USA has changed the lives of millions of people around the world,
with 350 projects in over 45 developing countries.
EMERGING LEADERS
We have over 250 chapters including
university chapters on over 180 campuses
throughout the United States.
Our emerging leaders are students and
professionals from a variety of engineering
and non-engineering disciplines.
We are the emerging leaders on your campus, in your office, within your
community, your neighbor, your son or daughter, YOU!
HOW WE WORK
Our chapters make a five year
commitment to a community.
EWB-USA carries out small-scale
infrastructure projects, initiated by the
community in need, within an overall
community framework.
Our projects are socio-culturally
appropriate and community owned to
ensure long-term sustainability.
EWB-USA programs are full partnerships with a host community and one or
more local NGOs. These partnerships are the basis of a long-term
relationship to assure the community’s needs are sustainably met.
Professionals Working
with Students
Partnerships with
Local NGOs
EWB Student Chapter
Projects
UW Bolivia:
Stoves & Roofs
SU Water Purification:
Thailand & Haiti
UW Bolivia: Irrigation
& Potable Water
UW Bolivia: Road
infrastructure
New EWB Student
Chapters
EWB-PSP Projects
Tanzania: A New Home
for 150 AIDS orphans
Nicaragua: Irrigation,
Rainwater & Footbridge
Jamaica: Biodiesel for
Emergency Responders
Nepal Biogas Reactor
EWB + IEEE Wind
Turbine Project
+GET INVOLVED
If you aspire to make a difference in
your community, campus, office or
neighborhood, you are an emerging
leader!
Become a member and change a life!
To learn more about EWB-USA
membership benefits, and how you can
be a part of this movement, visit:
ewb-usa.org/get-involved/membership
We encourage all engineers and non-engineers to join EWB-USA! It takes
every skill and talent to make a great team that can make an impact in the
lives of others!
Volunteer
Opportunities
• ASCE Member Discount
– Save $40!
• Attend a Chapter Meeting
– Check out our Calendar at
www.ewb-pugetsound.org
• UW & SU Chapter Mentors
• Join a Project Team
– Nepal Sept. 22nd 6 PM
– Nicaragua Sept 28th 6 PM
STAY IN TOUCH
Engineers Without Borders-USA
4665 Nautilus Court, Suite 300
Boulder, CO 80301
303.772.2723
[email protected]
facebook.com/ewbusa
twitter.com/ewbusa
youtube.com/ewbusa
www.ewb-usa.org
STAY IN TOUCH
Engineers Without Borders
Puget Sound Professionals
PO Box 23013
Seattle, WA 98102
206-395-8370
[email protected]
Chapter Meetings 3rd Wednesdays
Sept 21 @ Pyramid Alehouse 6:30pm
www.ewb-pugetsound.org
Questions?
www.EWB-USA.org
www.EWB-PugetSound.org
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