Project Overview

Engineers Without Borders' work is capable of widespread impact in Ghana. We started off based in only a few of the nation's 107 regional districts; learning the out-in-the-field realities and building tools to address them.
We are now scaling up proven, effective approaches to infrastructure development from a small number of districts, to a national level. Specifically, we are institutionalizing evidence-based infrastructure planning at the district, regional and national levels. To ensure we have an enduring impact, EWB is building the capacity of district staff to manage and execute these evidence based decisions, teaching these skills to the Ghanains who are best able to implement them from their positions as managers and field experts.

August 9, 2010

Training in Toronto

My backpack is full of the myriad pharmaceuticals that I may or may not need (so many of them for Africa!), I’ve said see you soon to Jason, and flown to Toronto.

Here I’ll meet the other professional fellows in person and complete one final week of training which concludes four months of education on leadership skills, the successful and unsuccessful history of development work, how to stay healthy in Africa, and rural Ghanaian livelihoods.

You might have heard me say this before; one of my favorite things about EWB is that they put their time and money towards getting development work accomplished well, not towards fripperies. Training obviously makes a difference in effectiveness, especially when our time overseas is limited it is key that we can get going quickly. While we receive a more thoughtful and thorough training program than any other overseas development organization I’ve heard of, this is done at very little expense. Our long distance training was all done over skype, and we’re now bunking down together in EWB house Toronto. Its not flashy, but it gets the job done.

The total cost to EWB of sending a professional fellow overseas is $5,300 with the breakdown at the bottom of this post.

My fundraising goal is the same sum. I believe passionately in the value of bringing opportunities to those who don’t have them. These funds go towards the next professional fellow to go overseas and continue the same work I’m about to embark on. Thank-you everyone for your support!

Yours,
Pam



COST BREAKDOWN

$2,220 Airfare

$1,400 Living stipend (food, housing, travel, etc… ~ $10/day to live on)

$600 Overseas Support Resources

$500 Insurance

$150 Visas

$400 Pre-departure travel

$50 Pre-departure training materials

2 comments:

  1. JasonAugust 10, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    Sounds awesome! But what is an 'Overseas support resource'?

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  2. Pam RogalskiAugust 15, 2010 at 3:25 PM

    the cost of coaching for most effective impact and supporting my health... in other words getting something done and coming back well

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