Amanda in Zambia

Hello!
My name is Amanda Giang, a 3rd year Biomedical Engineering student at the University of Toronto, and this summer I'm volunteering with Engineers Without Borders in Zambia. I thought I'd share my adventures and experiences, so here goes?

If you’re not familiar with EWB Canada, it’s an organization which helps create opportunities for rural Africans to improve their lives. EWB is trying to effect change in Canada, as well as in four African countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia. Here, EWB challenges the engineering profession and Canadians in general to think and act globally. Overseas, EWB is working with communities, governments and local development organizations to make agriculture a viable livelihood for small scale farmers, and improve critical infrastructure, and access to clean water. By leveraging the critical thinking and problem solving skills traditionally associated with the engineering profession, EWB is trying to apply innovative approaches to these systems-scaled problems.

I should probably note that everything I write here is entirely personal opinion, and doesn't speak for EWB Canada or its partner organizations!