Engineers Without Borders

...for Mathies too!

You've probably heard of Engineers Without Borders. What you probably don't know is that it's for Mathies too. So what does EWB do? Our mission is To promote human development through access to technology. We do all sorts of things towards that. A major thing we do is send co-op students overseas on internships, to work on various development projects. Right now, bioinformatics student Ginny Li is in the Philippines.

Another thing we do is educate students from local schools about the realities of living in third-world countries. One of these is called "Water for the world", where students try to build a water filter with limited instructions and learn about the realities of water in the third world. Another is called "food for thought", an interactive activity that gets students thinking about local and global hunger issues and the role youth can play in positively shaping the world.

So right now, you might be thinking, "Great! How can I get involved?" Or, you know, maybe you're not interested. But I'm going to assume the first one. If you want to get involved with our club, you can:

• Come out to our biweekly general meetings. These are held every other Tuesday in DC 1302; the next one is on June 21. (Watch for the posters up around the Math building.)
• Participate in our weekly group discussions, "Discussions Without Borders." These happen every week at 6 PM at the Grad House. Come discuss everything from local gas prices to globalization and how we as individuals can make a difference in the world.
• Get involved in one of the many events that we're planning this term! We'll be having a booth at the Canada Day Celebrations, and we're hosting a Bomber night on July 7. Stay tuned for more details on these.

Want more info on who we are or what we do? Check out http://uwaterloo.ewb.ca, where you can find more information on our activities.

Development Mathie