Few people know that Engineers Without Boarders are working hard to save lives and improve the quality of life in many of the world's poorest countries.

The organisation has 2000 members and is involved in projects in Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea and India to name a few.
The founder and president of EWB Daniel Almagor however, stresses that those who take part in such projects must be able to commit to seeing the job through till its conclusion. Without proper implementation of the projects in the communities, confusion can occur with how to use the new equipment safely and so it will be ignored.
However, not all of the work that EWB does involves travel. Facility re-designing can take place in Australia for it to be introduced into communities latter on.

Mr Almagor says that the emphasis for all new designs is the appropriateness of it. The technology must truly suit the environment and people that it is meant to benefit.

However, because of the dangerous nature of the some of the countries that EWB works in things don't always go to plan. The safety of the volunteers always comes first and was the reasoning behind projects in Nepal being put on hold due to the new King that assumed control over the country.

EWB is currently holding a national competition for Australian engineering students to redesign an Indian Orphanage damaged by the tsunami in December 2004. It is expected that some of the students involved in the winning model will be able to work on the project in India.
(September 23, 2006)