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.
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.
EWBNZ Christchurch Kick-off 2010
Submitted by rjmackay on Sat, 03/27/2010 - 08:38
Brought to you by
Come and hear about the Tonga Renewable Energy Project; the Christchurch chapter's first overseas project - to install a solar PV system for Vava'u High School in Tonga, and what the Christchurch Chapter is up to for 2010.
Please RSVP to rob.cardwell@ewb.org.nz
United Nations Volunteers seeks Engineers
Submitted by rjmackay on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 22:43
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is keen to recruit engineers for a variety of assignments and is particularly interested in hearing from qualified women, in order to improve the gender balance in our recruitment.
Being a UNV volunteer can be an immensely satisfying professional challenge. There are constant requirements for highly qualified women and men in roles from engineering and project management to vehicle maintenance. More info..
Tonga College solar system survives cyclone
Submitted by rjmackay on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 13:41The EWBNZ Auckland Tonga team are pleased to report that the solar groundwater pumping scheme they installed at Tonga College in December 2009 survived cyclone Rene in February.
Tonga College were lucky the cyclone only hit them for an hour otherwise more damage to the school would have been seen. Tonga College Principal Mr Oko, says "All fruits on the fruit trees were blown off so we will shortly face a period of food shortage from this [but] the project is still in place, working well as expected".
The solar scheme was even used for boiling water and charging the teachers cell phones during a 2 day outage of mains electricity to the school following the cyclone!
Kick-off 2010 - Monday 15 March - Brought to you by Hilti
Submitted by IainNZ on Sun, 02/21/2010 - 21:26
EWBNZ is excited to announce that “Kick-Off 2010” will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010 at University of Auckland’s School of Engineering at 20 Symonds Street, sponsored by Hilti. www.hilti.co.nz
Internships with Engineers Without Borders
Submitted by rjmackay on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 21:22EWBNZ is currently looking for interns to assist in the office with fundraising, media, and human resource management over a period of 3 months. If you are looking for some valuable work experience in these fields, you can achieve this while contributing towards a great team and organisation.
December Newsletter 2009
Submitted by rjmackay on Tue, 12/22/2009 - 01:23Take a look at what EWBNZ has been up to over 2009 in our December Newsletter and find out how you can get involved in 2010!
