Charity: Engineers Without Borders UK
The Engineers Without Borders movement began in France 20 years ago and is active in more than 50 countries. Andrew has been volunteering for the UK organisation since its early days, whilst he was still studying at Pembroke College, Cambridge, but he has never had the opportunity to work for them before. With the assistance of World of Difference funding, Andrew will become the chief executive of the charity and will be able to dedicate 100 per cent of his time to his passion.
Engineers Without Borders UK works to relieve global poverty by removing barriers to human development through engineering. It has a number of overseas projects and runs six programmes that allow young engineers – the engineers of the future – to get involved in voluntary projects by offering placements and bursaries; by carrying out research; through delivering training and outreach activities; and through their engineering education. Andrew will lead the organisation to co-ordinate more volunteers, secure more funding and to put systems in place that will stand this rapidly growing organisation in good stead for the future.
Andrew is a contributor to UNESCO’s forthcoming Engineering Report and has been working for RedR, the international disaster relief training organisation, in the UK and in Kenya.
To read more about Engineers Without Borders UK, go to www.ewb-uk.org.