Knowledge
This section of the website draws together some of the knowledge learnt within EWB-UK’s vast range of activities. Training course material and technical reports from our placements and research schemes are published in order to act as a learning resource for anyone currently carrying out projects in the field or from a laboratory in their own country. Project case studies also draw on some lessons learnt by EWB-UK on how to carry out a successful project and the more social aspects that are equally important when working with communities in development.
This knowledge has been divided into EWB-UK’s Communities of Practice and these represent the areas that EWB-UK is currently involved in. We are looking to engage with people with interests in these areas - to get involved and contribute to our communities, please contact us directly.
We also have a library of books that you can borrow and have posted to your door! If you think your branch could do with its own library then there is also information here on how EWB-UK can help you set up your own.
Knowledge Resources
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Access to energy enables people to improve many aspects of their life, from cooking, lighting and heating to being able to use mobile phones and computers and fuel transport to get to markets, hospitals and schools. Consequently energy is central and crucial to sustainable development and poverty reduction. |
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Habitat and shelter play an underlying role in the quality of life and is a basic need for survival. 20% of the world's population are homelss or live in very poor housing, such as slums or shanty towns. Climate change, worldwide crises and the continuity of natural and manmade disasters afflict already vulnerable countries or communitities.
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Information and Communication Technologies are powerful tools to aid human development by giving people access to information and the ability to communicate. From enabling individuals to get fairer prices for their produce and accessing health advice to reducing corruption and raising local understanding of their entitlements these technologies are vital to removing the barriers in overcoming poverty. |
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Industry focuses on manufacturing processes and design for development. Skills in this area can provide people with the opportunity to start small enterprises and businesses therefore working further towards the alleviation of poverty. |
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Transport of goods and people is vital to facilitating economic activity as well as providing people with access to goods, education and health services. All types of infrastucture (pathways, roads, railway lines, waterways) and modes of transport (bicycles, automobiles, donkeys, trains, boats) are vitally important in providing this access. |
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Access to safe water and sanitation has huge implications for increasing health, dignity, education and employment, yet there are still more than one billion people worldwide without the clean and safe water they need and over two billion lacking access to adequate sanitation. |
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Many people in the world are suffering as a result of inappropriate healthcare and mobility technologies being implemented where they cannot survive in the environment and there is a lack of training available for successful implementation. Much of this suffering is unneccessary if care and attention were paid to the contexts of those in need, our newest Community of Practice looks at addressing this. |
