Engineers Without Borders New Zealand
Engineers Without Borders New Zealand is an organisation of professional and student engineers who share a vision to confront global challenges of poverty, sustainable development and social inequity by undertaking projects that will directly improve the quality of life in communities within New Zealand and in the South Pacific region.
Tonga Renewable Energies Project / Trip Video
Submitted by richard.ng on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 12:24The Tonga Renewable Energies Project took place in Nov 2009. It is a joint initiative between EWBNZ and EcoCare Pacific Trust. EWBNZ have two teams, one from Auckland and one from Canterbury working to implement renewable energy schemes for two high schools in Tonga.
Read more: http://www.ewb.org.nz/projects
Newsletter June 2010
Submitted by richard.ng on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 21:28EWB June newsletter is now available online. Below is a link to a PDF version of the second of our quarterly newsletters for this year. Have a read to find out more about what EWB has been doing in the last quarter. In this edition we feature:
- Odyssey Challenge Update
- What's on at EWB
- Upcoming EWB Australia National Council
- The latest from the Auckland Students, Auckland Professionals, Wellington and Christchurch chapters
View the pdf here.
Enjoy the read!
Kiwis who want to help in emergencies invited to RedR NZ’s humanitarian aid training
Submitted by richard.ng on Sat, 06/12/2010 - 16:14New Zealanders keen to join the RedR NZ Register – and be eligible to apply for emergency deployments overseas – are invited to attend two humanitarian aid training courses.
These short intensive courses are a mandatory part of applying to the RedR NZ Register and provide budding humanitarian aid workers the essential practical skills and knowledge they will need to help others and keep safe in the field.
The RedR NZ courses are open to people with a wide range of skills, including logistics, civil engineering, emergency management, security, administration, accounting, child protection, health, law, quantity surveying, and communications.
Run Without Borders 2010
What is it?
Keen EWBers and friends will be participating in the Taupo Half Marathon on Saturday 4th September 2010. (Link, team name "Running Without Borders")
Why?
We will all be getting sponorship from friends and family, with proceeds helping to fund EWB Auckland Student chapter's projects.
Sounds great! How can I get involved?
Its pretty easy. Sign up HERE and we'll send through all the information you need to get started and details about the group training sessions you can come along to.
Auckland Students Chapter - Assembly 3
Submitted by IainNZ on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 21:43"So, what is EWB anyway?!"
Join us as we have a big group discussion of what EWB is and should be. CEO Ross Copland will be attending, and there will be some interesting case studies that really reveal a lot about how development should (and shouldn't!) be done.
- Bring along some baking to share for after the meeting!
- Prepare an interesting fact about the Pacific. Most interesting fact about the South Pacific wins a prize!
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010
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18:00 - 19:00
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Eng4501
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Facebook link:
Oxfam's Biggest Coffee Break
Submitted by lli143 on Fri, 05/07/2010 - 14:05
All across New Zealand this Fair Trade Fortnight, thousands of people will be taking part in Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break and helping struggling coffee growers work their way out of poverty.
It’s easy, fun and a perfect excuse to get together with friends or work mates over a delicious cuppa and discover the great tastes and benefits of Fairtrade, and raise money towards a just world without poverty. Together we can change the world - one cup at a time.
Click here to find more information about this event.
Maintenance Supervisor - Volunteering Opportunity at the School of St Jude in Tanzania
Submitted by lli143 on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 23:16Note: This is not an EWB position but may be of interest to our members.
The School of St Jude Tanzania is located at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro and just twenty minutes from Arusha, the safari capital of Tanzania. As a non denominational sponsorship-supported school for the poorest of the poor, the school has grown rapidly in just eight years such that today it educates 1,300 children and is spread across four campuses. We are looking for a Maintenance Supervisor -ideally an enthusiastic and good team player to help oversee and work with the school team of electricians, plumbers, carpenters and outside building contractors.
Auckland Students Chapter - Assembly 2
Submitted by IainNZ on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 15:47
RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=111459385552322
Join up to the Auckland Students Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108838479140582 to be notified about future Auckland Student chapter events.
- The EWB Auckland Students team
Newsletter March 2010
Submitted by rjmackay on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 21:29
The first EWB newsletter for 2010 is now available online. Below is a link to a PDF version of the first of our quarterly newsletters for this year. Have a read to find out more about what EWB has been doing in the last quarter. In this edition we feature…
- Becoming a member in 2010
- The 2010 Kick-Off event at Auckland UNiversity
- EWB winning the Top Gear Power Tool Drag Race
- The latest from the Auckland Students, Auckland Professionals, Wellington and Christchurch chapters
View the pdf here
Enjoy the read!
Tonga Renewable Energies Project ‘09 - Vava'u High School
Energising Vava'u High School 2009
| Between the 14th of and 25th of November 2009 a group of students and staff of the University of Canterbury travelled to northern Tonga to install a solar power system for Vava’u High School. |  |
The team included six current and former students of the College of Engineering along with Professor Pat Bodger and Dr Stewart Hardie of the EPECentre, Russell Taylor of the EcoCARE Pacific Trust and Jim Palmer, registered electrician and member of Rotary International.
