This post features a recent article by a friend from EWB: Owen Scott. DIGESTING DEVELOPMENT BY OWEN SCOTT ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS EXPLORING CHANGE Promoting human development and driving extraordinary change requires a solid understanding of the complexities of poverty and the challenges to development that exist in both developing communities and here in Canada. This [...]
Tag Archives: Malawi
Malawian Elections
For the last 6 months, there has been one thing on everyone’s mind and tongues: Politics! It’s election time in Malawi. Actually, the election was Tuesday, May 19th. You likely won’t have heard about it in the international news unless you searched a little, which I happen to think is a good thing. These were [...]
A Day in the Life…
Recently, someone asked me to describe what a typical day here in Malawi might look like. That’s a bit of a challenge since every day comes with its share of surprises. Certainly there are themes, there are patterns and there are similarities, but there are just as many unexpected interruptions. Things like I wake up [...]
Integration… a cultural collage
Part of Engineers Without Borders’ guiding philosophy for their overseas volunteers is to integrate yourself as much as possible into the community in which you are living. “Integration” means many different things to each of us. It may be eating local food at a nearby restaurant or at home, maybe even learning to cook some [...]
Drumroll please….
After months of waiting, debating and anticipating where I’ll be going and what I’ll be doing, EWB has finally provided an answer. Location: Malawi View Larger Map Partner: Concern Universal Work: Value-chain analysis and agriculture business development (more on this forthcoming) Departure: November 8th, 2008 Length: 13 months Now that I have a great organization, [...]
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