Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is a Cameroonian

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founded on 14 October 2003 in

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, Cameroon. As a development-based association,

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- Cameroon works to promote human development by sharing and giving access to relevant scientific and technological knowledge, implementing engineering projects with respect for the

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, economic and social adaptation, and developing

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and

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within the engineering domain. It is a member of the network

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History

The group was created in 2003. It is supported by numerous members of academia. EWB Cameroon works on knowledge management,

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management, and information and communication for development. * In 2005, EWB Cameroon organised a campaign on

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for young people in rural areas and led the mobilization of Cameroonian

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for the World Summit in Information Society. * In 2011, the group began producing articles and organising training sessions and technical assistance missions. * In 2015, they launched a national

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of excellency « graines d’ingénierie ». That year, the group partnered with "Ingénieurs sans frontières

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" to study the « evolution of agricultural engineers skills from counselling to follow-up. * EWB-DC completed trip to Cameroon during March 2016. This was the fourth implementation trip for the team. One of the trip's main objectives was to continue the pipeline installation from a water catchment area to the location of a future storage tank. After three days of manual labor, approximately 360 meters of pipeline were successfully installed.

Leadership

* 2003: Emilienne Lionelle Ngo Samnick * 2006: Élisabeth Basemeg Kihel * 2009: Dénis Sie Mahonghol * 2015: Jean Merlin Etobe

References

Bibliography

EWB Cameroon published a variety of online and printed books, including : * �
PRO-AGRO »
- Series of practical booklets online (CTA/ EWB Cameroon) * Etobe, J.M. 2015
Professionnalisation des agricultures familiales
- online (CTA/ EWB Cameroon) Organizations based in Cameroon Non-profit organizations based in Africa Companies established in 2003

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