Engineers for Change Sierra Leone har taget et vigtigt skridt mod at nå sit mål, om at arbejde sammen med internationale organisationer for langsigtet bæredygtig udvikling i Sierra Leone. Dette skridt blev taget ved at underskrive en samarbejdsaftale, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), med Ingeniører uden Grænser - Danmark (IUG). Samarbejdsaftalen er baseret på fælles mål for organisationerne, som begge ønsker at sikre den bedst mulige fremtid for ingeniørers erhverv og uddannelse i Sierra Leone.
Nogle af de fælles initiativer som begge organisationer er forpligtet til at arbejde sammen på, omfatter at:
IUG har de seneste år har arbejdet på at vand- og sanitetsprojekter i den østlige del af Sierra Leone. Nærmere oplysninger om projekterne i landet kan findes her
Engineers for Change Sierra Leone signs a collaboration agreement with Engineers without Borders Denmark
Engineers for Change (Sierra Leone) has made a key step towards achieving its aim of working collaboratively with international organisations for the long-term sustainable development of Sierra Leone. This was by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Engineers without Borders Denmark (EWB - DK). The MOU was based of the shared objectives of both organisations wanting to secure the best possible future for the engineering profession and education in Sierra Leone.
Some of the joint initiatives that both organisations are committed to work together on include:
EWB-DK in recent years has been working on water supply and sanitation projects in the east of Sierra Leone. Details of their projects in country can be found here.
IUG har hjulpet over 50.000 mennesker i Sierra Leone med at få adgang til rent drikkevand.