Annual Report 2002 a new development Congolese refugee Joseph Chabamba stands proudly a new development with EWB overseas volun- teer Benji Plener at a refugee camp in Zambia. Table of Contents

Chairman’s message 3

Letter from the co-CEOs 4

2002 Year in review 5

Projects 10

Highlights 11

Education 12

Volunteer Awards 2002 12

Financial summary 13

Financial statements 14

2002 supporters, donors, and partners 18

Advisory Board, Board of Directors, and EWB Canada Executive 20

2 Annual Report 2002: A new development Chairman’s Message

I take great pleasure addressing you boards. This provides us with a wealth this year. Engineers Without Borders of experience and different styles from has made impressive progress in which to draw. 2002, and we thank each and every Second, in 2002 the board worked one of you for your support. We owe to improve the governance of EWB. our gratitude to the individuals who We instituted improved financial continue to make it happen: our com- reporting so that we get timely mitted and energetic chapters, our updates from EWB’s excellent finan- sponsors, our voluntary executive staff cial team. We assessed EWB’s risks members, our advisors, and our board — legal and otherwise — and members. But for their dedication, addressed the issues that arose. commitment, vision, and hard work, Third, the board began to engage EWB would not be where it is today. in strategic development of the organ- I know that many people in EWB ization. We helped the management are unfamiliar with the role of the team push their strategic thinking on Board of Directors, so let me highlight operations, which resulted in an our role. Board work is rarely glam- improved focus. We ensured the qual- orous: we are elected and appointed ity of safety procedures with overseas members who are officially responsi- volunteers, who seem to be caught in ble for the organization. We delegate the inevitable upheavals of developing the day-to-day running of the organi- countries. And we endorsed the zation to the management team, and Canadian Centre for Philanthropy’s they periodically report to us. We Code of Fundraising ethics to protect ensure that they are on the right our donors’ rights. course. We also bring to the fore and Drawing on my past board experi- examine issues that affect the entire ence with more than a half-dozen organization. organizations, I can tell you that In 2002 EWB’s Board of Directors EWB’s strengths are many. When you began to assert ourselves as a board look at what the management team that is directly responsible to you, the has accomplished with few resources; members, but more importantly, one when you look at the enthusiasm of that is responsible to the developing our members across Canada; and communities with whom we work. I when you see the support of the would like to highlight three mile- Canadian engineering community, you stones for us. know that EWB will thrive in the com- First, we can now draw on our ing years. diverse experiences to help EWB Thank you for helping to make grow. Every one of our board mem- EWB what it is. bers brings a great deal of current and past experience with board gover- nance to EWB – corporate, interna- Ravi Seethapathy P.Eng. tional development, and non-profit Chairman

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 3 Letter from the co-CEOs

When we look back over the past 12 help us next year?” months, it’s hard to know where to But our obligations begin. By almost any measure, 2002 don’t end in the village. was a banner year for Engineers Canadian engineers who Without Borders. Operationally, we volunteer with EWB want grew by leaps and bounds. In 2000 we greater skills and opportu- had no operations overseas; in 2001 nities to have a positive eight volunteers worked overseas; in impact in the world. And 2002 there were 32 overseas volun- our funders want to know if teers. their investments been Behind the scenes we were busy used to have the maximum too. In January, our McGill chapter impact. brought EWB members from across This report answers Canada together at our first national their questions. For the conference, where 200 participants mother in the village, and learned about engineering in interna- for the Canadian engineer, tional development. EWB chapters we will evaluate our are now established at 20 Canadian progress, and discuss universities. To guide them, volunteers where we plan to be next year. standing of development and what at EWB Canada wrote an 140-page role EWB should play to have maxi- chapter manual. Where might we be? mum impact, form improved proce- These successes need to be cele- From our perspective, 2002 was the dures and create a culture conducive brated, and as you browse through first step on a long journey. A journey to having development impact. This is this annual report, we hope that you to make a difference in the world. To the foundation for future successes. get a flavour for the scope of EWB’s build an organisation that will have In the past four months, we began growth in 2002. The appeal and lasting and meaningful impact reduc- this process. We refined our mission impact of EWB has far exceeded any- ing hardship in developing communi- to reflect our understanding of devel- thing we imagined when we first ties. Engineers Without Borders has opment; we moved out of a basement thought of the idea almost three years the chance to do something new. We and opened our first office; we built an ago. think so; the executive that dedicates even stronger management team, their time towards building the organi- including the full-time return of Parker Our most important stakeholder zation thinks so; our board and advi- Mitchell in August; improved our proj- There is one stakeholder that comes sory board think so. We hope you ect and internship quality control and before all others. She is our boss, and agree. grew the board of directors and advi- she lives in a tiny village in the dry When you look at our accomplish- sory board. heat of Burkina Faso, in the altiplano ments this year, what you don’t see is EWB has been successful so far of Bolivia, or in the slums in India. This what’s beneath the surface. Our suc- because of the dedication of many report is our commitment to her – the cesses in the first eight months belied committed volunteers. Their energy mother in the village. She struggles the relatively thin infrastructure sup- and enthusiasm is, and always will be, every day against countless chal- porting them. George Roter, as EWB’s a great strength. As we move to bal- lenges like unsafe drinking water and CEO for the first eight months of the ance chaotic energy with thoughtful poor harvests. Our job is to help miti- year, drove these accomplishments process, we can have even more gate those factors and give her a with a team of five core volunteers impact. We look forward to the next 12 chance to improve her livelihood. who put their own lives on hold to help months. Put yourself in her place. She build the organization. would ask us: “How has EWB’s work We know, though, that to have real helped me and my sisters this year? impact we must build capacity — Parker Mitchell and George Roter How has EWB improved its ability to attract good people, refine our under- EWB co-CEOs

4 Annual Report 2002: A new development The year in review

increasing our understanding of devel- 2002: The year in review opment impact. We produced the new thinking that is reflected throughout this EWB’s self assessment the two can easily be confounded. document. In particular, we changed Successful organizations need clear For example, if we work with a part- our mission statement to incorporate goals, and must return to those goals ner organization to design an improved our commitment to improving access to to measure success, learn lessons, shea nut grinder — as our overseas technology. Our strategy shifted to and refine future plans. volunteer Christian Knapp did — is the reflect this change. This simple refine- We have succeeded in bringing new improved design our “impact?” Or is ment will have a profound impact on resources to development. New people our impact how widely used this grinder how EWB views its impact. and new donors are now focused on becomes? If the latter, we must recog- helping communities around the world, nize its spread will be greatly influ- 2003 Commitment: Deepening our and our bosses in their villages are enced by other factors, including the understanding of impact. happy with this. availability of funding from other agen- At this point next year we will have a But many challenges remain. cies, the quality of the local NGOs and much deeper understanding of EWB’s Primarily, we must focus these new the political leadership. If the former, true impact, and how we will measure resources to ensure that they translate we are doomed to failure, as “improved it. We will produce a white paper on into the greatest possible impact. We design” means nothing without impact that will outline the challenges must continually increase the quality of increased use. and how EWB will overcome and our projects and build on the abilities of attempt to measure impact by well-cho- our members. 2002: Improved thoughtfulness sen proxies. Part of this will be to solic- We know we had development Unfortunately, there are no easy it formal and better feedback from our impact, but we need to push to quanti- answers to these questions. In 2002, partners about our work. This paper will fy it. Although we had many successful we know that we had a significant lead to internal policies on project fol- operations, a few still didn’t meet our impact in several developing communi- low-up in the years following comple- standards for impact — and from those ties, but we weren’t able to measure tion. we learned some hard lessons. And exactly how much. This year, our while we built our internal capacity, we stakeholders will have to judge our Direct development activities still have a long way to go. We particu- impact for themselves by looking at our Overseas, 32 EWB volunteers worked larly fell short in our ability to build a development activities. on 20 different projects. In each proj- stable financial base for EWB. A big step for EWB in 2002 was ect, our role varied; in some cases our

Development impact: A framework to measure EWB's success The challenges In a perfect world, we would be able to To evaluate our year, we need a impact, this impact is difficult to meas- begin this section with a detailed analy- framework. We will examine three ele- ure directly — it is a challenge faced sis of EWB’s impact in developing ments: Development Impact, by every NGO. countries. Unfortunately, this is, and Development Activities, and Building Therefore, as direct impact is diffi- always will be, difficult to evaluate. How EWB Capacity. Our ability to fulfill our cult to measure, we will review EWB's do we measure the impact of Andrea responsibility to our stakeholders can direct development activities, under- Lee and Benji Plener, who worked with be measured in these three areas. taken in conjunction with our part- CARE Zambia to improve the maize- ners. grinding capacity and food availability Development Impact in a Zambian refugee camp? How do Our overriding measure of success is EWB's Capacity we measure the impact of Marjolaine our impact in developing communi- Our future activities and development Janvier-Houle, who worked in Siguiri ties. We seek to measure and impact depends on our the capabili- with CECI Guinea to supervise a com- demonstrate increasingly significant ties of our membership, funding and munity’s small infrastructure pro- impact in the local communities in strategy. gramme, building schools, wells, and which we work. Thus the third measure of our suc- health clinics? cess will be to review how the EWB The activities above are inputs — Development Activities Core has worked to increase the not development outcomes — though Although our success equates to our organisation's capacity.

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 5 "Development is a process which enables human beings to realize their potential, build self-confidence, and lead lives of dignity and fulfillment. It is a process which frees peo- ple from the fear of want and exploitation ... And it is a process of growth; a movement essentially springing from within the society that is developing ... True development has to be people centered.” — The South Commission partners planned the project and the Five projects were completed; Beyond direct development impact EWB volunteer helped to implement it, three were successful and two while in other cases EWB members were not. Two remaining over- drove the project forward with a local seas assignments were site Through our process of tapping into NGO. assessments for future projects. Canadian engineers to help with our devel- EWB had successes with projects The EWB Scala project, led opment activities, we will have additional such as the Scala project, where over- by a team at McGill University, impact. seas volunteers built an information was undertaken to build an IT technology centre in Lingayen, in the centre in the Philippines, and Indirect development impact: Philippines. In addition, EWB volun- proved to be very successful. Introducing engineers to development teers continued to work on existing Project planning was completed Engineers Without Borders introduces engi- projects with NGOs such as CARE, over a period of 10 months fol- neers to development . As we grow, engi- CECI CPAR, PIPAD and RDO. Our lowing a site assessment visit. neers introduced to development through partners, both in Canada and over- Four EWB volunteers traveled to EWB will continue with other organizations. seas, have applauded the prepared- the Philippines to work with their ness and competence of our overseas local counterparts to install 15 Indirect non-development impact: volunteers. computers and EWB-designed Educating engineers Despite our successes, two of our training programs in a govern- EWB's process generates awareness and projects in particular consumed EWB ment-run TESDA centre in educates engineers about international time and resources and, while they did- Lingayen. As part of their prepa- issues. However, education is only a com- n’t do any harm, they also didn’t have ration, the team volunteered at ponent of having impact: no one joins EWB much impact. All that we are left with is the community library in to learn about world issues; they join to some lessons learned. Montreal to understand the chal- make a difference. lenges of computer literacy. The But through this engineering outreach, EWB placements on McGill team is working with the we are helping engineers learn about inter- support projects local community to establish national issues and sustainability, and Our placements on existing projects future improvements and we developing their soft skills. We are also with strong NGOs have been very suc- hope to roll this out to other helping to improve the image of engineers cessful. In 2002, there were 13 of them TESDA centers. The project’s in society and to attract a broader spectrum with various partners. We continued success is a testament to the of students into the field of engineering. our work with CECI and ProPoor, and commitment and good judgment began new relationships with two of the students who designed and exe- it was later realized, was unattainable. Canadian NGOs — CARE Canada and cuted it. In October, 2001 a chapter team began Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief In Cameroon, two EWB volunteers a partnership with a Canadian NGO (CPAR) — as well as with the Indian began working with an NGO called that had a relationship with Huarina, a NGO Rural Development Organization. Projet Integree pour la Promotion de community in Bolivia. In these partnerships, EWB Canada l’Auto Developpement (PIPAD). These The partner NGO identified a need trains and supplies the volunteers, but volunteers combined their skills with for larger water storage tanks, and the the development project is in the hands money accessed from local sources, EWB team began designing a solution, of our partner. That said, many EWB and assembled a three-pronged proj- then visited the site to complete a pre- volunteers play major roles in ensuring ect: Water (setting up a water commit- feasibility study. There, they discovered project success. Development projects tee and helping with the installation of a that development is complicated: the can change at a moment’s notice, and handpump), Sanitation (education and need for new water tanks would benefit the person on the ground is left to construction of latrines) and Hygiene only the community elite, and the local improvise. In a number of cases, the Promotion (for which they hired two leadership was fragmented. EWB intern was the lead person for local demonstrators). The group is Team member Nicolas Kruchten much of the project. working in five communities with a wrote: “Mainly I feel a sense of failure combined population of roughly 40,000 at having found a different problem EWB led projects people. Two more EWB volunteers are rather than a solution to the expected We also undertook a number of proj- continuing their work. one. Basically, we will leave having ects in which a majority of the project In two other cases, EWB teams set uncovered more questions than planning and funding came from EWB. out to undertake a project whose goal, answers, and leaving much work to be

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ties of the users. impact depends as much on our part- We have already ner selection as our contribution to the begun to take these les- partnership, we will need to analyse sons to heart with a this in more detail. much improved Project In 2003 we see the distinction Guidance and Tracking between EWB projects and EWB part- procedure. ner-driven projects narrowing. We hope to move away from EWB-driven Safety projects and to play a bigger role with Throughout 2002, we our partners. demonstrated our ability to deal with the uncer- Capacity-building activities tainty of the developing Capacity exists at all levels of EWB: the world. Our overseas new member who reads a book on volunteers have development, an EWB leader who endured earthquakes, learns how to plan a successful renew- malaria, an attempted able energy project, or a new advisor coup, India’s race riots, who agrees to share his or her expert- a state of emergency, a ise with us. rebel infiltration, and Our capacity is the foundation for political instability. our future success. Two years ago, we Throughout, the prepa- barely had the knowledge, commitment ration and level-head- of volunteers, and funding to start A group of boys in Balengou, Cameroon demonstrated edness of our overseas sending volunteers overseas. Today, their ingenuity by building a bicycle entirely from wood. volunteers, and the as you can see, we have come a long reaction of EWB way. Tomorrow we will be even better. Canada and our partner done. I do, however, feel as if I’ve done agencies has ensured that EWB over- How we measure EWB’s capacity my best and done some good work. I’m seas volunteers have remained safe. We have identified three critical areas: getting a better handle on what EWB could do in Huarina, both the pueblo Plans for 2003 i. Our membership’s effectiveness, and canton. I’m also getting a better This will be a year of focus. We will based on their: idea of what we cannot do.” continue to partner EWB volunteers on Our project in Molinos, Chile, involv- existing projects with strong NGOs, Skills. Members must have the right ing arsenic removal suffered from a and we will focus on improving their “hard” skills — including technical similar challenge with the local NGO. preparedness and ultimately, their knowledge and project planning experi- JPDA came to us with a technical prob- impact. We will focus our efforts in five ence — and “soft” skills, such as an lem. Three EWB volunteers spent a sectors: Water and sanitation, food understanding of local political systems year working to solve it. But when they security, communications and I.T., and social structures. travelled to Molinos, they discovered energy, and health. that the community was not bought into EWB driven projects will continue, Commitment. Effectiveness in develop- the solution. but will be more tightly controlled. The ment is learned; therefore the greater What are the lessons to be learned lessons and new procedures of 2002 the member’s commitment the greater from this year? We need to make sure will be tested and refined. the impact. that the identified need that we set out We would like to expand our work to address is the root cause of the with existing strong local appropriate Approach. The right approach is an problem; that the local community technology NGOs to ensure that we often overlooked component of devel- plays an integral role in the process; maximize the use of our engineering opment success. Members must that our NGO partner is a strong one. skills. understand the roots and manifesta- And we must always remember the We will also begin a more rigorous tions of poverty and have the humility appropriate technology mantra: evaluation of our role with our partners. to listen to the communities they work Designed for the needs and capabili- Since, in many cases our development with.

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 7 ii. Our fundraising ability and undertaking projects. rolling over into 2003, EWB cut back An NGO cannot survive without fund- The inaugural EWB Canada drastically on all overseas work. With a ing. We depend on our ability to reach Conference drew 200 participants to deficit of $10,000, we had no choice. If individual engineers, wealthy McGill University who spent three days we are unable to increase our fundrais- Canadians, corporations, foundations, learning about technology and devel- ing ability we will have to reconsider and CIDA. opment. Leading speakers from our plans for the next few years. Canada, the US and around the world Nonetheless, we did have some iii. Our Executive team and boards shared their views and inspired mem- small funding successes. EWB’s leadership depends on the bers. First, we attracted a number of suc- quality of people we attract to our Chapters organized exciting events, cessful Canadians who were able to executive team – the people who build hosting such distinguished Canadians donate between 5 and 25 thousand capacity, improve strategy, and forge as Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of dollars. Without their support, EWB exciting new partnerships. They are “The Ingenuity Gap,” and Maureen could not have functioned. guided and strengthened by a board O’Neil, the director of the International Second, we received our first CIDA and advisory board. Development Research Centre, as well grant (through the Youth Action divi- as international leaders such as Tun sion) in September, for four internships. What is EWB’s capacity? Channaref, a co-winner of the 1999 As CIDA funding is 100 times that from i. Membership effectiveness Nobel Peace Prize for his work to ban individuals, their support is necessary. Although membership grew from 1,500 land mines. Third, we continued our strong rela- to 2,500, located at 20 chapters across Responding, in part, to EWB chap- tionship with HRDC, who supported Canada, it is difficult for us to measure ter demand, at least four universities four interns to work at EWB Canada’s the skills, commitment and approach of — McGill, MacMaster, Dalhousie, and head office to help establish an educa- our members. Calgary — are offering newly-created tion module, enhance our online Web We now, however, have a better engineering and development courses. presence, write our chapter manual, idea of our three goals on membership and offer support to our volunteers effectiveness. We would like to pro- Out of the basement — and into overseas. duce a white paper on the hard and soft something more comfortable. skills that an engineer needs if he or Since our inception, EWB has been, EWB Core group and advisory board she hopes to be effective in develop- well, nomadic. Our headquarters have Organizations are only as good as the ment — and to implement an education been informally located at the offices of people they attract. A strong leadership program based on those skill require- McKinsey and Company, the basement group is necessary — one that shows ments. We would like to see an of the Roter household, shared space unwavering dedication but an open increasing number of our overseas vol- near the University of Waterloo, and a mind, one that reflects the complexity unteers show a multi-year commitment borrowed cubicle in the offices of the of thought in development and the to development. And we would like to Liquid Capital Corporation. humility to learn, but one that drives attract and educate members to have But as of this past November, we forward the goal for impact. the right approach in development. have our own office located in Toronto. EWB is unique among most organi- They include space for volunteers to zations in that our core group is com- The Core’s activities: educating our drop by and work, as well as a growing pletely run by volunteers. These peo- members library of international development ple, on top of their full time jobs, give To attain these goals, EWB’s leader- publications. between 10 and 20 hours a week to ship — the executive team, core volun- build Engineers Without Borders. teers, and chapter executive — active- Funding For most of 2002, EWB’s core group ly promoted capacity building through a Sadly, our greatest failure in 2002 was was stretched. George Roter and his number of initiatives. In fact, a major our inability to raise sufficient funds for small team struggled under the work- role of the core, and a major outcome EWB. While we increased our fundrais- load, yet managed to pull off success for EWB, is increased knowledge. ing nearly fourfold, we still operate too after success. We are now in better To strengthen chapters, EWB much on a shoestring budget. Being shape. Co-founder Parker Mitchell Canada produced a 140-page chapter under-funded means that we have returned from a year in England and manual to help chapters to fulfill their fewer resources than we would like to Africa studying international develop- role of educating members, building prepare fully for projects. ment to join George as co-CEO. And awareness, working in the community, In the final four months of 2002, and the team has now blossomed to 10

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positions, with additional people pro- cate and develop better Canadian viding support. We continue, as one of engineers will happen on its own our advisors said, “to sit on a gold mine accord. Even so, we shouldn’t overlook of people.” the impact of having educated and EWB’s advisory board grew with the socially conscious engineers. welcome addition of a number of key But we should still take a moment to members. On the development side, celebrate this. The response in the new additions include Frances Stewart, Canadian engineering community has the doyenne of Technology and been tremendous. From individual Development (author of over 10 books engineers who have sent in donations on the subject), Ian Smillie, author of with a note of support to the Ontario eight books on development, and Chris Society of Professional Engineers, Smart, a director at the IDRC. Business which is a core supporter, EWB has people Zafer Achi, Ted Brockhouse, reached out to engineers everywhere. and Brian Schofield agreed to lend We have also reached out to their expertise to help EWB grow. women in engineering. EWB’s mem- EWB’s board saw the addition of bership is roughly 50% women, com- Claire Dansereau, Executive Director pared with the 20% that is common in of CUSO, and Sara Ehrhardt, who was engineering in general. elected by the membership at our Finally our chapters are reaching A girl in Kongso, Cameroon begins her AGM. out to the community, particularly to washing at the community water schools. Many chapters have talked at source. Building capacity in 2003 schools in their local area, and EWB By the close of 2003 we would like to hopes to institutionalize this practice in pionnier permettra à cet organisme have accomplished four things: 2003. Chapters are also participating d’aider davantage les zones Deepened our knowledge of neces- in existing programs like the Shad paysannes de nos pays en proie à des sary skills, commitment and approach Valley program. gros problèmes d’accès à l’eau for the membership and some quantifi- This outreach helps to educate potable.”1 cation of them. Canadians about the world and con- The year 2002 was landmark year Implemented and co-ordinated an tributes to the cultural mosaic that is for Engineers Without Borders, as we EWB-wide education program to Canada — a diversity that we are came of age as a development organi- address the skill-building necessary. proud to support. zation. We are now well-positioned to Attracted enough funding so that it live up to Chef Simeu’s challenge to is not a bottleneck in our operations, Well, what does she think? help those in need. We are passionate and to have a float for at least three We began by asking what our boss in about international development and months of operating expenses. the community thinks of EWB. What pragmatic about finding solutions, and Brought in one to two full-time peo- have we done for her? What will we do we will do so. ple to the executive team to help EWB next year? We are, however, no stronger than co-ordinate projects, education and What does Joseph Chabamba, a our members and our supporters, and other initiatives. 12-year-old Congolese refugee, think your efforts will determine whether we If we can do this, we will be very of our work? What about Maureen are successful. Let us sign off with two well positioned to have more impact in Christy Rodriguez Padayao, a council- questions for you. Where do you want 2004. lor in the Philippines? Or David Simeu, EWB to be next year? And how can the Chef des Bapas — a chiefdom in you help us get there? Impact: Outreach and awareness Western Cameroon? You may have noticed that we didn’t To them, we say: “Our commitment talk about some secondary impacts of is to continue to focus on you. And we EWB, like our influence on the are getting there.” As Chef Simeu 1 Translation: “I have to tell you that your two vol- Canadian engineering community. We wrote “Je dois vous dire que vos deux unteers have done very good work. On behalf of the people of Bapa, I thank you, and hope that this did that on purpose. We want to create agents font du très bon travail. Le peu- pilot project will permit your organization to help an organization that has development ple du Bapa par ma voix vous remercie other rural communities in our country struggling impact; if we can do that, helping edu- grandement et espère que ce projet with the problems of access to potable water.”

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 9 Projects

EWB overseas volunteer Jean Luc Riverin EWB Projects 2002 works with the local commu- nity in Mali. Since January 2001, EWB has sent 40 volunteers overseas with NGO partners such as CARE and CECI, and on EWB projects with communities working in sec- tors such as water resources, health and sanitation, IT, and low energy lighting. The following is a brief summary of our projects in operation in 2002.

EWB support projects In these projects, EWB provided training, supplied the IT support in Uganda with CPAR overseas volunteers, and paid for their overseas work. 1 overseas placement (Sept 2002 - March 2003)

IT support in India for ProPoor Infotech Centre EWB-led projects 3 overseas placements (2001-2002) In these projects, EWB led some or most of the project while partnering with a local organization for implemen- Shea Nut processing in Burkina Faso with CECI tation. Many of these projects have additional phases 1 overseas placement (July 2001 - July 2002) that are ongoing.

Small scale hydropower in Nepal with CECI Water project in Bolivia with the local community 1 overseas placement (July 2001 - March 2002) 3 overseas placements total (May 2001 - ongoing)

Community water systems in Haiti with CECI Scala Project in the Philippines 2 overseas placements (Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2002) 4 overseas placements (Oct 2001 - Aug 2002) The Scala team has begun next phase of this project Rural infrastructure in Guinea with CECI which continues in 2003 2 overseas placements (Sept. 2001 - Oct. 2002) Water purification assessment in Chile with the local Waste management and recycling in Bolivia with CECI community and JPDA 1 overseas placement (Jan - April 2002) 3 overseas placements (January 2001 - January 2002)

Rural infrastructure in Mali with CECI Water, hygiene and sanitation support in Cameroon with 1 overseas placement (Jan. 2002 - June 2002) PIPAD 4 overseas placements (March 2002 - ongoing) Refugee Camp support in Zambia with CARE 2 overseas placements (Feb. - Dec. 2002) Water supply assessment in Guatemala 1 overseas placement (July 2002 - ongoing) Flood drainage management in Peru with CECI 1 overseas placement (May - Oct. 2002) Buwagga school in Uganda 2 overseas placements (May 2002 - Aug 2002) Structural design for a milk processing centre in Bolivia with CECI Appropriate Technology in Ghana 1 overseas placement (May 2002 - Oct. 2002) 1 overseas placement (June 2002 - Aug 2002)

Rural structural analysis in Peru with CECI Environmental engineering in India 1 overseas placement (May 2002 Oct. 2002) 1 overseas placement (Sept 2002 - ongoing)

10 Annual Report 2002: A new development Highlights

team began designing the hardware Building IT networks in network and developing a teaching the Philippines program with members of the Filipino community. Fifty-eight days were all that Nabeel Al- Fifteen computers came from Kady and his team of volunteers had to donations made by the Montreal com- successfully install a computer network munity and the group was responsible and train a community in the for shipping and setting up the network Philippines about information technolo- once they arrived. However, shipping gy. Throw in a brief stint of homeless- was delayed by a week of intense ness, and a week’s worth of flooding, flooding that killed 4,000 people and and you’ve got 10 challenged EWB vol- damaged property beyond repair. unteers watching a ticking clock. Besides the unpredictable climate, The McGill University chapter of Al-Kady said the real challenge lay in Engineers Without Borders was started educating locals to work and manage in February 2001, when its members the network once it was running. began exploring an idea to implement “Some of the people we encoun- I.T. networks in the Middle East. After tered had zero computer literacy,” he their partners pulled out, the govern- said. The team had to start from ment of the Philippines quickly jumped scratch, which included demonstrating Nabeel Al-Kady works on a donated in, and work began in Montreal. the proper way to hold a computer computer in the Philippines The following September, the team mouse. came together with nine engineering “This was the first time we faced a Today, the network employs a vari- students, and one in computer science. challenge like that.” ety of people, including students who Planning included an analysis of the Al-Kady underscored the impor- have dropped out of high school. impact of introducing I.T. to the com- tance of developing “appropriate tech- “When you look at the project, I.T. munity of Lingayen (population, nology,” noting that “development boils doesn’t strike you as grassroots,” said 80,000), and the challenges the team down to zero” if you have technology Al-Kady, “but I think I.T. is key because might encounter along the way. The that no one can use. it’s a big leap to facilitate development.” EWB heads up Mines First national conference hosted in Action Canada Montreal at McGill University de-mining competition January, 2002 featured EWB’s largest gathering to date, when 175 of its members converged on the McGill campus In June of 2002, Engineers Without Borders entered into for the first ever EWB conference “Bridging the a partnership with Mines Action Canada (MAC) — a Gap…Engineering Solutions for the Developing World.” coalition of NGOs that is Canada's representative to the Students from UVic to Dalhousie, from Kansas State to International Campaign to Ban Landmines — to jointly Cornell, undergraduate and graduate students as well as deliver a demining technology competition to students professors and professionals, joined over 35 speakers to across Canada. MAC Youth Mine Ambassadors gave discuss the role of developed world engineers in helping to presentations at EWB chapters across the country to solve some of the technical challenges in the developing outline of the primary challenges faced by humanitarian world. demining teams. Competition teams, guided by EWB This was the first time that EWB members from North Demining Director Jenn McArthur, submitted proposals America were able to meet and discuss the activities that on simple technologies, such as improved ventilation they have undertaken within their respective chapters. systems for personal protective equipment and solar Keynote speakers included James Bond, Director of the battery charging units for metal detectors, that increase Mining Department of the World Bank, Claire Dansereau, the efficiency of humanitarian demining operations. Executive Director of CUSO, Bunker Roy, founder of the Final submissions for the annual competition are Barefoot College in India, and Cowan Coventry, Director of expected in May 2003. IDRC.

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 11 Education

Chapter highlights

At each of the 20 EWB chapters across Canada, volunteers have Volunteer Awards 2002 taken the initiative, starting programs in community education and outreach, sustainable community development, and fundraising. Here Engineers Without Borders is driven by volun- are just a few of the highlights. teers. There are literally hundreds of people across Canada who are dedicated to interna- Chapter co-operation tional development. Their commitment must be The University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University chapters are applauded and recognized. working on the Uganda CPAR Power Solution project. The project A number of these volunteers have focused was initiated by a current overseas volunteer in Uganda and was their efforts toward building the organization, taken on as one of EWB’s first joint chapter projects. and without their leadership and selfless dedica- tion, EWB would not be where it is today. Last Outreach and education year we highlighted Sara Ehrhardt and Alex The University of Calgary chapter has two highlights to its credit, the Conliffe; neither of them had worked overseas first EWB Western chapter conference, and the Sustainably with EWB, but both have worked tirelessly Canadian program. Students from the Calgary chapter hosted the first behind the scenes. EWB Western chapter conference, held in Banff, Alberta. Delegate This year we would like to honour two volun- groups presented seminars on international development to their teers who returned from overseas assignments peers, and learned about the role of engineering in developing com- and who poured their energy and efforts into munities. helping other people in EWB have the same The goal of Sustainably Canadian works to raise awareness, experiences that they had. encouraging Canadians to live more sustainable lives. The project features two interactive workshops to be presented for local high Jean Luc Riverin schools and youth groups, with a focus on outreach and education. Jean Luc traveled to Mali with CECI in the spring and sum- The way to an engineer’s wallet mer of 2002. In addition to his Volunteers at the University of Saskatchewan chapter have an unpar- work developing rural infra- alleled energy for international development — and pizza. The structure, he learned the local Saskatchewan chapter has an army of dedicated volunteers, and has language, an African dialect. succeeded in fundraising over $6,000 though the sale of more than Upon his return to Montreal, 2,000 pizzas. Jean Luc established the EWB chapter at Ecole Polytechnique. As a result of A hint of things to come his efforts, Jean Luc is building a strong chapter EWB volunteers at the University of Guelph chapter are off to a strong with skilled leadership. He also helped organize start — energy, focus, and organizational strength. Their summary a lecture with Tun Channareth, co-recipient of report on the 2002 McGill conference came out just days after they the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 on behalf of the returned home — long before most of the delegates had caught up international campaign to ban land mines. on their sleep. Some inter-chapter events — both social, and educa- tional — have helped to build the EWB community in southern Shubha Balasubramanyam Ontario. Shubha worked on assign- ment in India with the ProPoor High-quality speakers InfoTech centre, in the winter The University of Toronto chapter of EWB organized a high-quality of 2002. It was a tumultuous speaker series, featuring guest lecturers like Thomas Homer-Dixon time in the country, and (author, The Ingenuity Gap), Dr. James Orbinski (Medecins sans Shubha saw the riots in Rajkot Frontieres), and Maureen O’Neil (President, IDRC). Each lecture was first-hand. open to the public and completely free. Shubha returned to Canada energized and motivated. She wanted Teaching at home to give something back to EWB. And she his. At Dalhousie University, EWB volunteers will be honing their teaching She began by arranging flights and insurance skills by working in community homeless shelters. University admin- for overseas volunteers, but as her experience istrators have responded to their enthusiasm by including a graduate grew, she stepped up into a leadership role, tak- course in appropriate technology in this year’s course offerings. ing over our volunteer sending efforts. Members of EWB were even given input into the curriculum!

12 Annual Report 2002: A new development Financial summary

Financial Summary

We have an obligation to all of our stakeholders to demonstrate the impact we have had with the funds that were spent in 2002. Audited financial statements are one part of this obligation, but they don’t sufficiently highlight the breakdown of our revenues and expenditures. Below is a summary of our revenue sources and our areas of expenditure for 2002.

Revenues Expenditures $237,599 $247,354

25% Conference Fundraising 21% Core Expenses 12% 43% CIDA 79% Individuals Operations 15% Universities & Foundations

2% Membership Fees 3% Corporate

Our $195,130 on operations … … and $52,224 on core expenses

Overseas work — Flights, CEO Salary $21,320 accommodations, insurance and health costs (32 volunteers) $123,117 Office and General $11,690

Conference (fully funded by delegate Professional fees $8,715 fees and sponsorship) $51,313 Travel $4,625 Education — Library, speakers, and workshops $9,456 Advertising and Promotion $2,863

HRDC Grants for 4 summer students $11,244 Rent and Amoritization $3,011

Highlights: We have continued a very low cost model for getting volunteers into the field on projects. 32 volunteers were sent overseas with just over $123,000 in direct expenses — an average cost of under $4,000 per volunteer placement. Additionally, each of these volunteers spent an average of 3 and a half months in the field, thereby contribut- ing the in-kind equivalent of $12,000 (based on an average starting salary of $3500 per month for an engineer in Canada), which are not indicated in the audited financial statements. Our overseas volunteers contributed a total of just less than 20,000 hours this year.

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 13 Engineers Without Borders (Canada) Ingenieurs Sans Frontieres (Canada) Financial Statements December 31, 2002 Auditor’s Report

To the Members of Engineers Without any adjustments might be necessary to Borders (Canada) / Ingénieurs Sans donation revenues, excess of revenues Frontières (Canada) over expenses, assets and unrestricted net assets. We have audited the statement of In addition, because we were financial position of Engineers Without appointed auditors of the Organization Borders (Canada) / Ingénieurs Sans during the comparative year, prior to Frontières (Canada) as at December comparative year figures were unaudit- 31, 2002 and the statements of opera- ed and we were not able to satisfy our- tions and changes in net assets for the selves concerning the comparative year then ended. These financial state- opening balances and its prior years ments are the responsibility of the revenues and expenditures. organization's management. Our Accordingly, we were not able to deter- responsibility is to express an opinion mine whether any adjustments, if any, on these financial statements based on are necessary to the statement of oper- our audit. ations for the year ended December Except as explained in the following 31, 2001. paragraphs, we conducted our audit in In our opinion, except for the effects accordance with Canadian generally of adjustments, if any, which we might accepted auditing standards. Those have determined to be necessary had standards require that we plan and per- we been able to satisfy ourselves con- form an audit to obtain reasonable cerning the completeness of the dona- assurance whether the financial state- tions and the accuracy of the compara- ments are free of material misstate- tive opening balances and its prior ment. An audit includes examining, on year's revenues and expenditures a test basis, evidence supporting the referred to in the preceding para- amounts and disclosures in the finan- graphs, these financial statements cial statements. An audit also includes present fairly, in all material respects, assessing the accounting principles the financial position of the organiza- used and significant estimates made tion as at December 31, 2002 and the by management, as well as evaluating results of its operations for the year the overall financial statement presen- then ended in accordance with tation. Canadian generally accepted account- In common with many charitable ing principles. orgainzations, the Organization derives revenue from donations, the complete- ness of which is not susceptible to sat- isfactory audit verification. Accordingly, our verification of these revenues was Chartered Accountants limited to the amounts recorded in the records of the Organization and we Toronto, Ontario were not able to determine whether January 24, 2003

14 Annual Report 2002: A new development Financial statements

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS (CANADA) / INGÉNIEURS SANS FRONTIÈRES (CANADA) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT DECEMBER 31 2002 2001

ASSETS

CURRENT

Bank $ 72,669 $ 60,172 Accounts receivable 3,906 15,214 Prepaid expenses 2,565 1,858

89,140 77,244

CAPITAL ASSETS (Note 4) 2,004 1,246

ORGANIZATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS (Note 5) 21,000 21,000 $ 112,144 $ 99,490

LIABILITIES CURRENT

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 72,167 $ 49,620 Deferred revenue — Membership fees 5,591 - Deferred revenue — Annual conference (Note 6) 23,029 25,386 Advances from directors and officers (Note 7) 14,191 17,073

114,978 92,079

NET ASSETS

NET ASSETS INVESTED IN CAPITAL ASSETS 2,004 1,246 UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS (4,838) 6,165

(2,834) 7,411

$112,144 $ 99,490

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 15 ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS (CANADA) / INGÉNIEURS SANS FRONTIÈRES (CANADA) STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 2002 2001

Invested in Capital Assets Unrestricted Total

BALANCE — Beginning of year $ 1,246 $ 6,165 $ 7,411 $ 1,736

Invested in capital assets 1,226 (1,226) - -

Excess of (deficiency in) revenues over expenses (468) (9,777) (10,245) 5,675

BALANCE — End of year $ 2,004 $ (4,838) $ (2,834) $ 7,411

Notes to financial statements: 1. NATURE OF ORGANIZATION The work of the Organization is dependent on the voluntary services Engineers Without Borders (Canada) / Ingénieurs Sans Frontières of many members. Because these services are not normally pur- (Canada) ("the Organization") commenced operations in 1999. chased by the Organization and because of the difficulty of determin- Subsequently the Organization was incorporated without share capital ing their fair value, donated services are not recognized in these under the Canada Corporations Act on December 28, 2000. The statements. Organization was registered as a Charity on November 23, 2001 under the Income Tax Act. While registered, the Organization is 4. CAPITAL ASSETS exempt from income taxes, and may issue tax deductible receipts to donors. Accumulated Net Carrying Amount The Organization was established to improve the quality of life of Cost Amortization 2002 2001 people in developing nations and communities by helping find appro- Computer priate technical solutions to their challenges. This work will involve equipment $2,586 $582 $2,004 $1,246 local communities at every stage; for example, working with a local university on the design or ensuring that local workers are part of the construction phase of the project. This will be especially important 5. ORGANIZATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS during project implementation where local knowledge of the technolo- gy is a primary factor in determining the success of the project. These consist of the costs incurred in creating, registering and devel- oping the organization. These costs are not subject to amortization. 2. DIRECT PROJECT COSTS Direct costs cover specific overseas projects. During the current fis- 6. DEFERRED REVENUE cal year, these have included providing interns in Haiti, Nepal, Mali, The Organization has received contributions and fees for its annual Bolivia, Guinea, Peru, Guatemala, Phillipines, Uganda, Kenya, India, conference to be held in Waterloo in January 2003. The contributions Croatia, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Cameroon in association with related to this event received prior to the year end has been recorded Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Centre for as deferred revenue and will be recognized as revenues as the International Education and Co operation, ProPoor, Projet Intégré expenses for the conference are incurred. pour la Promotion de l'Auto Développment, Canadian Physicians For Aid and Relief and Mines Action Canada. 7. ADVANCES FROM DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Advances bear no interest and have no fixed terms of repayment. 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES a) Revenue recognition 8. COMPARATIVE FIGURES The Organization follows the deferral method of accounting for contri- Comparative figures have been reclassified in accordance with the butions. Restricted contributions are recognized as revenue in the current year's presentation. year in which the related expenses are incurred. Unrestricted contri- butions are recognized as revenue when received or receivable if the 9. STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS amount to be received can be reasonably estimated and collection is A statement of cash flows has not been presented since it would not reasonably assured. provide additional useful information beyond that presented in these Membership fees are recognized in the period to which they relate. financial statements. b) Capital assets 10. LEASE COMMITTMENTS Capital assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. It is The Organization is commited to lease a property for rental expiring the company's policy to provide amortization of capital assets over June 1, 2003 at $14,100 per annum. their estimated useful lives as follows: Computer equipment: 3 years straight linec) Volunteer services

16 Annual Report 2002: A new development Financial statements

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS (CANADA) / INGÉNIEURS SANS FRONTIÈRES (CANADA) STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 2002 2001

REVENUES

Donations from individuals $ 100,305 $ 5,300 National conference 59,529 - CIDA Funding 29,552 - Donations from universities 18,252 2,955 HRDC Funding 11,152 5,425 Membership fees 4,594 4,335 Corporate donations 6,005 42,575 Donations from foundations 7,230 5,478 Donations in kind - 1,359 Prizes and awards - 1,200 Other income 490 -

237,109 68,627

DIRECT PROJECT COSTS (Note 7)

Overseas travel 65,820 12,279 National conference 51,313 - Overseas partnerships 27,027 17,163 Internship overseas allowances 17,113 6,250 Chapter projects 13,157 - Education 9,456 -

183,886 35,692

REVENUE LESS DIRECT PROJECT COSTS 53,223 32,935

OPERATING EXPENSES

Administrative salaries 32,564 11,905 Office and general 11,690 3,810 Professional fees 8,715 6,771 Travel 4,625 826 Advertising and promotion 2,863 3,648 Rent 2,543 187 Amortization 468 113

63,468 27,260

EXCESS OF REVENUES (DEFICIENCY IN) OVER EXPENSES $ (10,245) $ 5,675

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 17 Organizations and Corporations Special Thanks Sujeet Chaudhuri Alberta Society of Professional We would like to extend special Jacques Gerin Biologists thanks to the following individuals Roy Heenan Association of Consulting Engineers of and organizations. Their generous Incysive Media Team Canada and continuous support was essential David and Daphne Mitchell Association of Professional Engineers, for us to accomplish all that we did in Ontario Society of Professional Geologists, and Geophysicists of 2002. Engineers Alberta Jim Peterson Assumption School Student Union Zafer Achi Patrick Pichette Cabugao et Associes Jim Anderson Sol and Carla Roter Canadian Bureau of International Caroline Bennett Kevin Steinburg Education Ted Brockhouse John Shingler Canadian Council of Professional Canadian Council of Don Thurston Engineers Professional Engineers Lorne Trottier Canadian International Development Agency Canadian Physicians for Aid and Ontario Society of Professional Jocelyn Crete Avocat Relief Engineers Theodore Babiak CARE Canada Philippines Association of Montreal Charlene Baker CARE Zambia and Suburbs Mackenzie Baker Carleton University Professional Engineers and Architects Gaza Banfai Centre Canadien D’Etude et de of the Ontario Public Service (PEGO) Shelly Bauer Cooperation Internationale Propoor Infotech Centre Jonathan Bays Clement and Memie Queens Program on International Richard Beattie Collins Barrow Calgary LLP Development David R. Beatty Concordia University Rural Development Organization Jeffery Bell Corman Park Satellite LTD Ryerson University Caroline Bennett CUSO Sidonia Technical Services Meghan and Mike Bodner Dalhousie University Simon Fraser University Darryl Bohart Davis Energy Systems SNC-Lavalin David-Vincent Bone Ecole Polytechnique Montreal Turner Transport LTD Claire Bonell Enviro-Stewards Inc. University of Alberta Diego Bordegari Federation of Filipino Canadian University of British Columbia Elizabeth Boychuck Associations of Quebec University of Calgary Ronald Boychuck Filipino Nurses Association of Quebec University of Guelph Katrina Brandstadt Frank Engineering Ltd. University of Manitoba Tim Broadhead Himalayan Light Foundation University of Ottawa Ted Brockhouse Jim Zwarych Hallmark Realty University of Saskatchewan Emma Canham Jovenes Professionales por el University of Toronto Geoff Cape Dessarrollo D’Atacama University of Victoria Craig Cardiff KAR Industrial Ltd. University of Waterloo Giovani Cascante Kids Can Free The Children University of Western Ontario Central Caissons Lakehead University University of Windsor Alan Chapple Liquid Capital Corp. Voluntarios En Accions Sujeet Chaudhuri McGill University Tina Chen McMaster University Individuals Alan Cheskes Mechanics Institute of Montreal Bruce Abel Charles Conway Mechanics Institute of Montreal Vittorio Accomazzi Stephanie Coyles Computer Project Zafer Achi Katharine Cross Memorial University of Newfoundland Fotemeh Ali Gillian Davis Mintz and Partners Management Mariella Amoros Bruce Davison Services Jim Anderson Gilles Denis

18 Annual Report 2002: A new development 2002 supporters, donors, and partners

Micheal Dent Nicholas Kouwen Benji Plener Kirk Thompson Richard Dermer Philippe Kruthchen Heather Popoff Don Thurston Samir Dhanavatari Jessica Kwik Greg Powell Ted Timar Vilma Donatelli Benoit Labonte Andrea Prada Beno Tompa Gerry and Linda Dorge Priscille Lambert Ken Putt Kari Tran Nicole Dorin Claire Lapointe Robert Rafuse Luc Tremblay Sherry and Patrick Doyle Jean Lapointe His Excellency John Sylvie Tremblay Sara Ehrhardt Pierre Lapointe Ralston-Saul Randy Trenholm Barbara Elve Renee Lazarowich Allison Ramjit Lorne Trottier Enviro-Stewards Inc. William Lee Reynold Redekopp Martin Van Nierop Barry and Ingrid Esselmont Marcel Legros Guy Robidas Kim Vicente Ali Farasat Marie Lemay Tamara Romas Heidi Vincent Nicole Fawcette Bill Lennox Florentino Rosario Douglas Waddell Clevalina Feliciano Bill Libich Sol and Carla Roter Gordon and Edith Waddell Cynthia Forlaino Coleen and Richard Bruno Roy James Wallace Jim Fox Loewen Pierre-George Roy Bruce Waters Michael Furdyk Gong Long Larry and Jean Ruppel John Watson John Gaither Janet Longmore Andrea Rush Sthephen Wheeler Petrina Gentile Helen Lutzi Tom Ryley Erik Wilhelm Steven Gerwing Blaine Marchand Khaled Saleh Patricia Williams Christy Gibb Nick Markettos David Salinas David Wilson Alex Gill Shirley McCarthy Patricia Salsbury Stephanie Wolfe Cathy Glover Eric Michell Stuart Salter Sophia Wong Kathleen Goldhar B and T Miller Susana Sandoz Brenda Yee Guy Gosselin Bruce Mitchell Hugo Sarrazin David Graham David and Daphne Mitchell Mary Sawchuk Sarah Gray Anne Monat Chad Scarsbrook Leo Grepin Vincent Monmaur Eric Schiller Dung and Darryl Hallock John Morgan Dev Sharma Francis Hartman Fred Moss James Shen Margaret Hartman Trevor Murphy John Shingler Roy Heenan Ken and Amy Murray Naresh Singh Verna Henderson Robert Normand Luc Sirois Miroslawa Hirna Kevin O’Brien J Skata Arthur Holbrook Daniel Olsen Mary Slavik Daniel Hoornweg David Olsen Ian Small Marjolaine Janvier Houde John Orchendorf Chris Smart Brett Howard Micheal Paddags Ian Smillie Jim Hughes Francoise Paradis Ric Soulis Nancy Ingram Emily Pascual Charlynn Sparkes Steven Jack Bill Patterson Karen Sparkes Suzie Jacynthe-Gravel Richard Patterson Wilma and Don Sparkes Jan Jakobiec Randall Pearce Beth-Ann Spence Norah Jancik Matthew Pearce Trish Stadnyk Edwin and Anne Janz Sushee Pemural Kevin Steinburg Marjorie Jordan Claude Perras Keith Stephen Serguei Joukov Avvey Peters Luella and James Stephens Lisa Kadonaga Jim Peterson Shawn Stillman Ryan Kennedy Allen Pianarosa Wendy Stratton Marc Kielburger Denis Pianarosa Erwin Stuart Grant Kien Patrick Pichette Melanie Stuparyk Marguarite Knechtel John Piersol E Tavintzky Allen Knight Paula Pincombe Mona Taylor

Engineers Without Borders Ingénieurs sans Frontières 19 Thank you

On behalf of our Advisory Board, Board of Directors, and EWB Canada Executive, we would like to thank you for your support.

Advisory Board Zafer Achi, Director, McKinsey and Company Ted Brockhouse, Chairman and Co-founder, Brockhouse Cooper Claire Dansereau, Executive Director, CUSO Sir Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge University Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Director, Human Development Report, UNDP Peter Guthrie, Founder, Registered Engineers for Disaster Relief (RedR) David Johnston, President, University of Waterloo Donald Johnston, Secretary General, OECD Jean Monty, Former President and CEO, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. Lant Pritchett, Co-Chair, MPA/ID Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University His Excellency John Ralston Saul, Canadian Essayist and Novelist Naresh Singh, Director General, Governance, Equality and Rights Directorate, CIDA Ian Small, Former Chef de Mission, Aral Sea, MSF Chris Smart, Director, Special Projects, IDRC Ian Smillie, Founder, Inter Pares; International Development Consultant and Author Frances Stewart, Director, Development Studies, Oxford University Randy Trenholm, Program Manager, Industrial Cooperation, CIDA Lee Yee-Cheong, President-Elect, World Federation of Engineering Organizations

Board of Directors Claire Dansereau, Executive Director, CUSO Sara Ehrhardt, Student, University of Waterloo; EWB Executive Dr. Roydon Fraser, P.Eng. (Treasurer), Professor, University of Waterloo Parker Mitchell (Secretary), Co-Founder, EWB Patrick Pichette (Vice President), Executive Vice President, BCE Inc. George Roter (President), Co-founder, EWB; CEO, EWB Ravi Seethapathy (Chairman), Manager, HydroOne

EWB Canada Executive Sara Ehrhardt, Development Knowledge Ryan Merkley, Chief Communications Officer Mac McArthur, Chief Financial Officer Shubha Balasubramanyam, VP Overseas Sending and Support Russ Groves, VP Projects Engineers Without Borders Sara Kime, VP Chapters Ingénieurs Sans Frontières Bruce Davison and Adriana Ieraci, ResearchSpace 5650 Yonge St., Suite 207 Stephane Aucoin, Director of Corporate Fundraising Toronto, ON M2M 4G3 John Cuddihy and Scott Griffiths, National Conference Co-Chairs phone: 416.481.3696 fax: 416.222.0166

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