Climate change is a pressing global challenge that is becoming more urgent and visible each day. EWB-USA’s vision can only be achieved by incorporating climate change thinking into the work we do and our own operations. Read more
Africa
Illuminating a Need for Power and Jobs in Refugee Camps
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) Engineering Service Corps partnered with United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the IKEA Foundation to bring clean electricity to the Dollo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia. 3kW solar-battery micro-grids are Read more
Reliable Water, Safer Births: Advancing Maternal Health in East Africa
Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) recently worked with field partners in Malawi and Ethiopia, two East African countries with unacceptably high maternal mortality rates. Our engineering expertise helped provide sustainable water systems that made childbirth safer. Malawi When it’s time Read more
EWB-USA’s Uganda Office – Narrowing Our Focus, Expanding Opportunities
As Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) continues its work across the globe, we find time and again that a permanent presence in a country improves the quality, efficiency and sustainability of our projects We found so much success with our Read more
A Lost Art Returns Water Flow In Ethiopia
When drought struck Ethiopia in 2016, communities were left malnourished and vulnerable. Hundreds of thousands of livestock died as water systems failed and rivers dried up. Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) responded by providing the expertise and technical support needed Read more
Water Project Inspires the Next Generation of Engineers in Kenya
“We are eager to become engineers so that at one time we will be the ones to change our environment and the entire environment at large.” These are the words in a handwritten letter from a student at Muchebe Primary Read more
How We Helped: Building a Better Fight Against Ebola
The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa demanded a global response. The disease spread rampantly across the nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Doctors and health workers from around the world rallied to provide support to hospitals overwhelmed by Read more
Water and Hope Flow from Ground Well in Zambia
Engineers Without Borders USA Mississippi State Chapter (EWB-USA MSU) traveled to Simwatachela, Zambia, with a focused goal: to drill a well. But before the drill broke ground, celebrations had already begun. Leonard, headsman of the Siamabwe Village, greeted the Read more
Cameroon Health Committee Springs into Action
In Mbokop, Cameroon, the only drinking water came from contaminated rivers and streams. Winifred Ngwankfu, a community health worker in Mbokop, saw how waterborne illnesses perpetuated a cycle of poverty and mortality. Unsafe drinking water and its effect on people’s wellbeing Read more