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The Engineer as Global Citizen November 16, 2010 Steve Adams President

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS - USA Portland Professional Chapter (EWB Portland). The Engineer as Global Citizen November 16, 2010 Steve Adams President. Overview. Why? What is EWB? Projects Ways to get involved Questions. Why???. Potable Water. This. o r this. Sanitation. This.

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The Engineer as Global Citizen November 16, 2010 Steve Adams President

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  1. ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS - USA Portland Professional Chapter (EWB Portland) The Engineer as Global Citizen November 16, 2010 Steve Adams President

  2. Overview • Why? • What is EWB? • Projects • Ways to get involved • Questions

  3. Why???

  4. Potable Water • This • or this

  5. Sanitation • This • or this

  6. Meeting Basic Human Needs 20%of the world’s population lacks clean water 20%lack adequate housing 40%lack adequate sanitation

  7. Engineers • Design the Infrastructure of the World • Can and do have an impact on the quality of life

  8. Why EWB?

  9. EWB-USA • EWB-USA is the catalyst for a new movement to educate the next generation of socially conscious engineers deeply aware of the needs of the rest of the world.

  10. What is EWB? EWB-USA A 501(c)(3) non-profit humanitarian organization established to partner with developing communities worldwide to improve their quality of life. …Part of the EWB International Network

  11. EWB-USA in 2001 • 1 Founder – Dr. Bernard Amadei • 1 Active Project - San Pablo, Belize • 1 Chapter – UC-Boulder

  12. 350+ Active Projects 250+ Professional and Student Chapters 12,000 Members 60% Student / 40% Professional 10% Non-Engineer Formal Partnership with ASCE Partnership soon with Rotary International and Peace Corps EWB-USA in 2011

  13. EWB Organization Headquarters in Colorado Board of Directors Support Staff Chapters Student Chapters University Affiliated Faculty Advisor / Professional Mentors Student Leaders Professional Chapters Committees/Professional Leaders Support Student Chapters

  14. EWB Vision Our vision is a world in which all communities have the capacity to meet their basic human needs.

  15. EWB Mission Engineers Without Borders – USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible leadership.

  16. EWB Portland Professionals Organization/Support Team: Steering Committee Projects Committee Resource Committee Fundraising Committee Events Committee Projects Local Haiti – Tanzania – Ecuador

  17. Hands-on partnership Long-term commitment Appropriate technologies Technical expertise The EWB Approach

  18. Project Process Implementation Trip Identify Project West Coast TAC Approval Project Design Site Assessment Trip

  19. Project Goals • Projects initiated and completed with contributions from the host community. • Construct sustainable systems that the host community owns and operates. • Empower host communities by enhancing local, technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial skills.

  20. EWB-USA 350+ Active Projects

  21. Oregon EWB Student Projects EWB-OS : Since 2005 El Salvador & Kenya EWB-PSU : Since 2005 Nicaragua EWB-UP : Since 2006 Guatemala & Honduras EWB-OIT : Since 2009 Tanzania

  22. Portland Professional Programs • Esmeraldas, Ecuador • Water, Sanitary, Health Education • Les Anglais, Haiti • Water system • Sanitary system • Orkeeswa School and Mungere Village School, Tanzania • Water, Sanitary, Power

  23. Meet our Project - Bua, Ecuador

  24. Meet our Project - Les Anglais, Haiti

  25. Meet our Project - Les Anglais, Haiti

  26. Meet our Project - Orkeeswa School, TZ

  27. Meet our Project - Orkeeswa School, TZ

  28. Who makes it happen? • Volunteers • Partners • Communities • Supporters

  29. You don’t have to be an Engineer! • Anthropologists • Educators • Statisticians • Sociologists • Health Profession • Scientists • Public Relations • Others involved in EWB include:

  30. Ways to get involved • Become a member of EWB-USA • Join a Chapter or Project Team • Be a Mentor for a Student Chapter • Junior Engineers • Provide energy, time, ideas • Principal / Senior Engineers • Support younger engineers with their involvement • Provide corporate resources • Corporate and Business donations

  31. Project Funding • Local Chapter fundraising • Kickball Without Borders • Dinner banquets • Chinook Book • Corporate Sponsorship • EWB-USA fundraising - Grants • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) • Partnering • Community investment (often labor)

  32. EWB Needs Get involved with a Project Help out on a Committee Step up to Leadership Student Mentor Corporate Sponsors Student Mentors

  33. 2010 SPONSORS Gold Level Sponsors

  34. 2010 Sponsors Silver Level Sponsors

  35. “Building a better world, one community at a time.” Questions?

  36. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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