SLUM SURVIVOR – The Launch

Edinburgh EWB is hosting this year inter-branch event, showcasing international development Workshops and Discussions on Engineering, Education, Community Participation and Intermediate Technology.

When:   Fri 4th November - Talks and Discussions

             Sat 5th November – Hands on Workshops

Cost:     The first day of the event is free for all EWB-UK members to attend. The interactive workshop is £15, this will cover the workshop expenses, accomodation on Friday & Saturday nights, lunch and refreshment.

Why:     A chance to get your hands dirty and test your knowledge and ideas. Understand some of the complexities in delivering sustainable and appropriate solutions to problems in the developing world. Most of all to have fun and join in your national community of EWB, with members from Glasgow, Strathcylde, Newcastle, Durham and Edinburgh.

Places are limited to 10 and these will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Any persons applying after this will be kept on a shortlist, if more places become available. To RSVP, reply to glasgow@ewb-uk.org ASAP!

Please find attached detailed timings, albeit with talk and workshop content still to be confirmed.

This is a fantastic event for new members and old-timers alike, transport details to follow once we have a group together. Don't forget to reply!

Hello again every one, we are back after last week's hiatus  our weekly meeting will be on Tuesday at 6pm not sure where it will be quite yet but will send it out as soon as I get it. EWB Strathclyde will be coming over to help launch our outreach program with the "water for the world" workshop so if you are looking to get in to outreach then this is a must. If you’re not interested in outreach come along any way Strathclyde have been running this workshop for over a year so it should be great. Also if you have any questions about our by-election the positions available or how the committee works we will be happy to answer them.

After this we will be heading over to the GUES pub quiz in the GU, hopefully we will be able to put together a good team or if not good then at least huge.

Callum

Well hello again we have a busy week coming up starting on Monday with a lecture from Andrew Lamb the CEO of Engineers without borders UK this will run between 1 and 2 pm in the post grad suit in the James Watt South building (room 433).

Next up is the social with the University of Strathclyde engineers without borders society which will also be on the Monday the 10th , some of us will be meeting at hill head underground station at 5.30 and heading over to the counting house in George square for 6.15. Could I ask that every one brings three pounds to pay the deposit on the tables which you will get back at the end.

Now to Tuesday we will be running a stall at the Internship fair in the university to promote EWB's placements as well as the society so come along help out or just have a look. More information here.

Finally our weekly meeting will be hosted by Iza one of our training coordinators, concerning global water issues and arsenic groundwater contamination in Bangladesh. Iza is going to give two presentations describing both of these matters, followed by a group exercise, so it will be both informative and interactive. This will run at 6pm in the Boyd Orr Lecture Theatre C (5th floor) the same room as before.