Engineers Without Borders Canada Overseas Programs

1. 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

2. Workshop UOIT Style http://uoit.ewb.ca/be-without-borders/workshop-materials

3. EWB Canada at a Glance - 2008 • 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 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. In Canada Overseas Largest advocacy network in Canada Passing of Bill C-293 to enshrine poverty reduction as a focus of Canada’s aid EWB most vocal supporter in Canada – 12,000 signatures presented in parliament. Government Commitment to untie 100% of Aid Focus of EWB advocacy since 2004 5000 signatures, 100 letters to MPs, 50 meetings with MPs Fair trade 200,000 Canadians reached directly Contributed to Second Cup offering Fair trade in 2008

4. Fall Semester

5. Intro to overseas Ghana – Governance and Rural Infrastructure (GaRI) Ghana – Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) Malawi – Water Malawi – Sanitation (Malawi WatSan)

6. 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?

7. Malawi – Water

8. Ghana – GaRI

9. Ghana – MoFA

10. Malawi – Sanitation

11. 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.

12. Mike Klassen http://reflectiveaction.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/beneath-the-surface/ UofT Chapter President Zambia, summer 2009 Sanitation, CLTS

13. 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!

14. Acoustic Café