Engineers Without Borders Announce New Overseas Placement Opportunities...
Discover Humanitarian Engineering – Overseas Placements Now Available
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is currently searching for Engineers willing to share their skills in developing countries including India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Timor Leste. There are 13 positions available across a range of engineering disciplines including water and sanitation, energy and education.
Past achievements of EWB volunteers have included developing a new toilet for a community in Cambodia that lives on the water and assisting in a training centre for the education of prosthetics – orthotists in Sri Lanka.
EWB Australia works in partnership with developing communities within Australia and overseas to improve their quality of life through education and the implementation of sustainable engineering projects. The focus is building capacity of the local technical sector through small scale, grassroots engineering programs to ensure that innovative, appropriate and sustainable solutions to issues that impede development are locally generated and driven.
Volunteer placements, set to start in January 2012, vary from 12-18 months and volunteers are provided with a living allowance, flights, accommodation and support.
According to the EWB Field Officer in South East Asia, “The best part for me is speaking to a volunteer and hearing they have helped inspire a community, their partner organisation and themselves, a small but clearly lasting and positive change”.
Engineers Australia declared 2011 the year of Humanitarian Engineering as a reminder to engineers and the community of the key role that engineers play in almost all humanitarian outcomes.
“Volunteering overseas is a great way for Engineers to make a real difference in developing communities. Engineers grow personally and professionally and return with global perspectives that can shape the future of engineering in Australia,” said Lizzie Brown CEO of EWB.
Applications are open until the 25th September. Position descriptions and application details can be downloaded at http://www.ewb.org.au/getinvolved/volunteer/volunteeroverseas/intake9
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Katie Blundy
Fundraising, Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Ph: (03) 9329 1166
E: k.blundy@ewb.org.au W: www.ewb.org.au
