EWB-GHANA is a voluntary organisation, whose Members are to mentor and nurture the various Students (Campus) chapter members who will have to be the “field men” in the interaction with the rural communities in project sourcing and identification, financing, design, execution and maintenance in the various disciplines.

The focus of EWB-GHANA is on rural and deprived communities demands that as many professionals as possible whose services may be required in social work, identifying and interacting with the targeted communities in project needs assessment, identification through to design, financing and implementation takes more than engineering alone.

It is "Engineers without Borders", because engineering factors (water, sanitation, structures, energy, appropriate technology etc.) which are all at the core of projects to be involved with. 

It however, goes beyond engineering and takes much more than Engineers before projects are started and completed.

Our Mission:

"TO DEVELOP AND FACILITATE PROFESSIONAL AND STUDENT CHAPTERS OF EWB-GHANA."

Our Vision:

• "TO FOSTER PARTNERSHIP WITH DIS-ADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING PROJECTS, WHILE PROMOTING DIMENSIONS OF EXPERIENCE FOR ENGINEERS, ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND SIMILARLY MOTIVATED NON-ENGINEERS."

History and Formation:

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ENGINEEWRS WITHOUT BORDERS (EWB) International(EWB-I) was established some seven years ago in Colorado, Boulder in the United States.

It has as its main aim collaboration with deprived communities to improve on their quality of life through the identification of environmentally and economically sustainable engineering projects and education.

EWBs are of two main parts – the National and Students (Campus) Chapters.

The National Chapter is made up of Professionals of all disciplines – Engineering, Town and Country Planning, Architecture, Surveying, Socio- Economists, Environmental Experts etc.

The focus of EWBs being on rural and deprived communities demands that as many professionals as possible whose services may be required in social work, identifying and interacting with the targeted communities in project needs assessment, identification through to design, financing and implementation takes more than engineering alone.

It is Engineers” without Borders, because engineering factors (water, sanitation, structures, energy, appropriate technology etc.) which are all at the core of projects to be involved with.  It however, goes beyond engineering and takes much more than Engineers before projects are started and completed.

A couple of student chapters have been inaugurated in 2009 including Accra Polytechnic. Talks are ongoing to inaugurate other student chapters in the various tertiary institutions.

Benefits:

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The National Chapter of EWB-Ghana has a major responsibility of establishing Students or Campus Chapters throughout the country.  Obviously, an opportunity for mentorship will be opened thus making it possible for GhIE to achieve or work towards its structured training programmes.

Engineers are usually ensconced in their places of work and by the nature of their work.  Most of our communities do not understand what engineering is all about and hence do not “feel” engineering.

Through EWB-Ghana, engineering and technology can get closer to our communities. Indeed, there is a great sense of pride and satisfaction to Engineers who through mentorship and advice bring up student chapter members in engineering practice.

Ghana’s deprived communities are beset with peculiar problems other than potable water and sanitation.  Most of our villages are prone to severe erosion, flooding, provision of appropriate technology to lessen onerous labour etc.  If these do not afford the engineering fraternity a great opportunity to serve the communities then one is at a loss as what opportunity exists elsewhere.

What vistas of opportunity for job creation will open if we should all assist to create the enabling platform for the take-off of EWB-Ghana.

With the establishment of EWB-Ghana, there will be the opportunity of sourcing for Funding from local and foreign sources as a result of the socially oriented programmes EWB-Ghana may pursue.

EWB-Ghana will outsource projects from counterpart EWBs who have identified projects in Ghana for implementation.