From Borneo I flew to Timor-Leste via Darwin. Unfortunately in the latter stages of the trip a nasty virus had run through the students, and I had come down with it myself. It was just your typical sinus infection – bit of nausea, very blocked nose, etc. I then discovered[…]
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Working with Engineers Without Borders in Sarawak, Borneo. Part 3
Returning to Kuching felt strange, a bit of reverse culture shock (though truthfully we had not been gone that long). We were also reunited with the other two groups who had gone to different villages (and the facilitator team was also reunited, to much rejoicing). To unwind everyone took a[…]
Working with Engineers Without Borders in Sarawak, Borneo. Part 2
Signs that we were a little out of our league in the application of local material to solving local problems wasn’t just limited to the still. Human beings are very good at getting the most out of their environment, and any small village will have had plenty of extremely intelligent,[…]
Working with Engineers Without Borders in Sarawak, Borneo. Part 1
In June I had the opportunity to work with Engineers Without Borders as an Academic Mentor on their Humanitarian Design Summit program. The HDS is a fantastic initiative run by EWB, where engineering students from Australia can visit a developing nation to receive both training and hands-on experience in the[…]