E2E designs sorting trash can with Knightec

EWB-SWE held a two-part event in collaboration with Knightec, consultants in technology, digitalization, and leadership. Sustainable Trash was a team competition event to design the most efficient sorting trash can suitable for modern-day homes. Recycling starts at the source, and the goal was to make a trash can that is cost-effective and makes sorting trash easy.

During the first session, Knightec gave an introduction, participants formed teams and brainstormed. The teams had a week to build a prototype and create a business plan.

Finally, the teams presented their prototype and business plan and Knightec announced the winner!

It was an incredible event, teams gave their full effort, and all of the business plans were thorough and carefully crafted.

Check out job openings at Knightec:
https://career.knightec.se/jobs

This event was organised by Engineer to Engineer (E2E), EWB-SWEs initiative to enable equal opportunities into the labour market. It creates a platform that enables newly arrived professionals to network and gain the necessary tools to enter the Swedish labour market.

Are you a newly arrived engineer or scientist?

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Contact: integration@ewb-swe.org

Kids Hack the Crisis

On 23–25 October, UNICEF Sweden and the Swedish Institute (SI) are organizing Kids Hack the Crisis – the first global digital hackathon for children to participate in the dialogue about the ongoing crisis. Children, mentors and partner organizations are now invited to participate in this unique initiative.

Kids Hack the Crisis is a global online hackathon for children to create solutions to the #COVID19 pandemic and reimagine a world fit for children. Children from all over the world, in the ages 10 to 18 years, will collaborate during 48 hours. 

Engineers Without Borders Sweden supports the event as a partner with a close connection to Inspire Youth. Inspire Youth is EWB-SWE's initiative to motivate children to higher education, especially in engineering, and to achieve their full potential. We aim to promote engineering as a creative, fun and exciting subject, and to encourage diversity among engineers as a group. Children who want to be part of elaborating on ideas to improve life, both during and after the crisis, are welcome to participate as hackers.

Spread the word, join the event or sponsor the event: https://hack.sweden.se/kids/

Dates:

• October 23rd-25th (Hackathon)

• October 28th (Closing ceremony and evaluation of output)

Program manager for ambitious initiative to review and improve the water and sanitation situation at 130 primary schools in northwestern Tanzania

With generous support from H M Queen Silvia’s Foundation - Care About the Children and in collaboration with our partner organization in Tanzania, Mavuno Project, we have completed the construction of five water tanks at primary schools in Tanzania.

Rainwater from the schools’ roof is collected during the rainy season and stored in 90m3 tanks. The water will be used during the rest of the year. In total, the tanks support 4000 students and teachers with drinking water and water for hygiene and cleaning.

The construction of these water tanks forms a part of an ambitious initiative to review and improve the water and sanitation situation at 130 primary schools in northwestern Tanzania. We are now recruiting for a program manager for this initiative. If you are interested, read more here!

https://volunteer.ewb-swe.org/jobs/930896-program-manager-improved-water-and-sanitation-at-primary-schools-in-tanzania

Interns wanted

We are looking for an intern for the spring semester 2021! Apply through FUF's Internship Program between 7th and 27th September and get the chance to work a semester with us.

Internship assignment

We are looking for an intern who can help us improve the way we identify, ensure and increase the positive effects of our work.

As a step towards becoming better at measuring, increasing and making visible the effects of our work, we have recently joined the organisation Effektfullt. “ Effektfullt works to strengthen the ability of organisations to measure and show their effects on people and the environment, as well as to use the results to learn and do even greater good.”. With this membership comes valuable guidance on how we as an organisation can work to improve in these aspects. We are looking for somebody who can immerse into and take lead in this development. Your work could include the following tasks (to be agreed upon based on your experiences, qualifications and interest as well as the priorities of the organisation)

– Design methods and tools for data collection

– Collect and quality assure data

– Analyze what we learn from collected data and identify measures for improvement

– Coordinate the development of initiatives for increased effect

– Communicate results internally and externally

– Report results to partners, financers and others

– Assist in fundraising, when impact goals and impact measurement are to be described in applications for potential partners / financiers

– Help to build the brand of EWB in relation to results

– Ensure that the goals and required changes are understood and anchored within the organisation

– Establish routines enabling your work to continue after your internship period

EWB is a growing organisation and we expect you to grow with us. You will be given a lot of freedom and responsibility to contribute to the development of the organisation, and you will gain unique insight in our domestic and international work.  You are expected to work independently, however in close collaboration with the management of the organisation as well as other volunteers.

Qualifications

We are looking for a self-driven individual with a strong interest in humanitarian engineering and relevant education at university level. You are able to generate ideas, exercise initiative and work effectively both independently and as part of a team. You are structured and a problem-solver, and speak and write good English.

EWB-SWE is promoting equality and inclusivity. We are strengthened by our differences. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply for the position, regardless of gender, age, ethnic background, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

Other

Start: January 2021

Duration: 6 months

Type: Full-time or nearly full time volunteer position

Language: English

Location: Flexible. We have small offices in Gothenburg and Falun where we could offer you a workplace, though you can work from anywhere and will need and want to occasionally visit our staff and members in Gothenburg, Stockholm, Falun and some of our local groups elsewhere. Most of the work may however very well be performed remote.

HeidelbergCement and Engineers Without Borders Sweden (EWB-SWE) have initiated a collaboration

HeidelbergCement Sweden and Engineers Without Borders Sweden have initiated a collaboration to create a better life for people in exposed communities through the development of infrastructure.

The partnership will lead to the development of more robust sustainable infrastructure in vulnerable areas with an emphasis on efficient resource use and increased use of technology for building sustainable communities.

The fact that HeidelbergCement engages its employees in these assignments during working hours means that EWB-SWE receives increased resources to be able to carry out projects within the international project operations and to increase interest in the engineering profession.

Employees at HeidelbergCement and the subsidiaries in Sweden will contribute with knowledge and commitment to the international project activities, at the same time as, through dialogue with students, they promote interest in building and construction with a focus on sustainable community building.

Every year, EWB-SWE carries out several projects around the world that contribute to a better everyday life for people. EWB-SWE's projects are rooted in local needs and promote sustainable technology. Close collaboration with business partners is vital to be able to implement these projects.

As one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials and with over 1,500 employees in Sweden, HeidelbergCement, including its subsidiaries, has extensive knowledge in community building and production of building materials.

A collaboration with EWB-SWE, therefore, fits well with HeidelbergCement's vision of building a long-term sustainable society. General Manager of HeidelbergCement Northern Europe, Giv Brantenberg, looks forward to the collaboration and says the following:

"We will help build robust societies in many parts of the world, where good resource use and sustainable solutions with little climate impact will be important factors. I am confident that HeidelbergCement's broad expertise in building materials and EWB-SWE's knowledge of marginalized areas together will lead to good projects in countries that need it."

Chairman of Engineers without Borders, Jan Byfors, welcomes HeidelbergCement on board.

"A collaboration with a large and solid player such as HeidelbergCement is essential to us and will contribute to our work and our continued development as an organization," says Jan Byfors.

HeidelbergCement is a global market leader in ballast and a prominent player in the manufacture of cement, concrete and other building materials. The company has approximately 55,000 employees in more than 50 countries. Read more about our sustainability work here https://www.heidelbergcement.se/sv/hallbarhet

Engineers Without Borders Sweden is a non-governmental organization working on challenges linked to UN development goals. With technical expertise from industry and academia, it is active both in Sweden and internationally to solve technical and humanitarian challenges related to inequality and global development.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Joshua Prentice
Sustainability Manager - HeidelbergCement Sweden
joshua.prentice@heidelbergcement.com

Noemie Gonzalez
Responsible corporate collaboration - Engineers without borders
noemie.gonzalez@ewb-swe.org