What am I doing here? Thoughts from an agricultural development gal in Ghana Here’s another good update from Erin’s blog, reposted here with her kind permission: Hello world, I’m writing this post to introduce a new concept we want to try over here at EWB. I’ve been hanging out in the “international development/aid online community” [...]
From Don McMurtry’s EWB Blog Mudzi Madzi : Last night it rained most of the night and today the radio was saying “the rains have arrived” as they forecasted clouds and rain across most of the central and southern parts of the country. The farmers have been preparing their fields for months and will probably [...]
Keep in touch with Mark’s work with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and his exciting adventures in Saboba, by reading this update and following his blog !
Grand River chapter’s Erin Antcliffe, one of EWB’s hardworking African program staff, has posted a fascinating and informative new entry in her blog.
Read it here, or on Erin’s own site “What am I doing here? Reflections on my role in Ghanaian development.”
Update From The Field One of EWB’s new African program volunteers, our Grand River chapter’s Don McMurtry, has started a really interesting blog. It will follow Don’s progress and challenges during his four months in Malawi as an EWB Professional Junior Fellow. You can read his first post here below, or on his own site “Mudzi Madzi“. Two days ago, after a three [...]
Update From The Field One of EWB’s African program staff, Grand River chapter’s Erin Antcliffe, has posted another intriguing new entry in her blog (August 13, 2010) . You can read it here, or on Erin’s own site “What am I doing here? Reflections on my role in Ghanaian development.” Erin writes: I met John while at a meeting [...]
Another cool video update from EWB Grand River Chapter member Ben, from the field in northern Ghana.
Video Updates From The Field (Literally) In Ghana From EWB Grand River Chapter member Ben, posted July 18th ~ After a long hiatus I’m excited to announce a series of videos about life on the farm in Seripe. I’ll be filming a few short clips each week and uploading them to youtube (yes it’s possible, [...]
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If you haven’t yet checked out the fascinating and informative (and often entertaining, enlightening or quirky) blogs being written by EWB’s overseas staff and volunteers, it is high time! From the World of EWB “about” page: This website brings together the blogs of Engineers Without Borders-Ingénieurs Sans Frontières Canada’s staff and volunteers. Working in Malawi, [...]
George Roter, co-founder and CEO of Engineers Without Borders Canada, will be presenting a lecture called “Stop ‘helping those poor people in Africa:’ An argument for a systemic approach to supporting international development.” He will examine our standard approaches to poverty reduction and development in sub-Saharan Africa. He will argue that simple actions – like [...]
