Queen's EWB
Engineers* Without Borders
Hello and Welcome and Stuff
* Not just for engineers!
PB & J
Who Are We?
Almost 50,000 members
University and professional chapters across Canada
Work in Canada, Zambia, Ghana Malawi, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Liberia, Kenya
Basic Values
- The power of people to create change
- Change starts here, now and with ourselves
- We are part of a global systems
- Outsmarting poverty
How are we Different?
Intelligent Development
"If change isn't systemic,
it isn't change at all"
We identify what doesn't work early on, learn and improve until we find what does
We build relationships with our partners, to help them improve their own communities
Self-sustaining projects
History
EWB Canada
- Volunteer organization started in 2000
- Tied aid, IATI, 15 ventures, conference....
Queen's EWB
- Founded in 2009
- 65 school presentations, fair trade campus, APSC 100 projects, junior fellows...
Portfolios
stuff we do
ACTION
Action: Upcoming Events
- Kenyan Food Night (this Saturday)
- Fair Trade Week (end of Sept)
- Pumpkin Smash (beginning of Oct)
- Run to End Poverty (early Nov)
- Queen's Global Innovation Conference (early Nov)
Enabling: Marketing
Need:
3-4 Marketing Directors
Social
Media
Events/
Fundraising
Promotion
Enabling: Sponsorship
- University & Government Stream
- Corporate Stream
Need:
3-4 Sponsorship Directors
Enabling: Accounting
$$$
Junior Fellowship
*Kenyan food day on Saturday!
Dates with Jess
- Coffee chats by arrangement
- (613) 770 - HELP [4357]
- Chill in the EWB Office
- ARC 3rd floor
- Tomorrow 11:30am - 1:30pm
- Talk RIGHT NOW
Questions
- What can we do?
- How do I get involved?
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What's in it for me? (in a totally selfless way...)
- But I'm not in engineering.
Mini-SEssions
* Ask tough questions!