Engineers Without Borders Australia

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  General

• Category:

  Non-government

Description

Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) is a non-profit organisation that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged communities in the Asia Pacific region through humanitarian engineering. EWB's projects address a lack of access to basic human needs such as clean water, sanitation and hygiene, energy, basic infrastructure, waste systems, information communication technology and engineering education.

In Australia, EWB's work includes a focus on sustainable engineering in Indigenous communities. Past activities conducted as part of the EWB's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander program include:

• assisting in the development and implementation of a sustainable waste management plan for the Kooma Traditional Owners' property of Murra Murra
• assisting with the design and construction of sustainable showers and toilets for the Bana Yarralji Bubu Aboriginal Corporation in Cape York
• assisting the Palm Island Aboriginal Council in the development of a roads and erosion assessment report.

EWB is a membership-based organisation with chapters in each Australian state.

Contacts

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program Coordinator
Engineers Without Borders Australia
99 Howard Street
Melbourne Vic 3000
PO Box 708
North Melbourne Vic 3051
Ph: (03) 9329 1166
Email: info@ewb.org.au

Links

• View information: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program, Engineers Without Borders Australia
• View website: Engineers Without Borders Australia