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Read about our latest projects and organizational news

Engineers Without Borders

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Read about our latest projects and organizational news

Back from Sierra Leone with a Bag Full of Experience

An Important Step Toward Clean Water in Sierra Leone Our volunteers Claus Slavensky, Jens Erik Treldal, Sebastian Preston-Jensen, and Kristian Nissen have just returned from Sierra Leone, where they worked in the initial phase of a new project focused on

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Spotlight on a Volunteer – Birgitte Juncher Andersen

🇺🇦 For our amazing volunteer engineer, Birgitte Juncher Andersen, witnessing the reality of war gives her work a very special meaning: Seeing a school destroyed by Russian missiles, while having her own children at home in Denmark, is “scary.” ❤️

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Clean water for Ukrainian children

Hundreds of vulnerable Ukrainian children at a summer camp near the frontlines urgently need access to clean drinking water. We are helping to solve the problem—now with entirely new, simple, and revolutionary technology. “It’s a revolution in technical-humanitarian aid,” says

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Spotlight on a Volunteer – Aleksander Birk Andersen

Paving the Way for Bright Minds https://iug.dk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Portraet-af-en-frivillig-Aleksander-Birk-Andersen.mp4 He is 32 years old, yet already something of a veteran as a volunteer with us, with several years of missions behind him—most recently in Ukraine. And the calm East Jutlander with the

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Spotlight on a Volunteer – Thomas Friis Jensen

“HELP MUST GO WHERE IT MATTERS” https://iug.dk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Portraet-af-en-frivillig-Thomas-Friis.mp4 For some, it may feel like a difficult decision—to leave a secure leadership position at Ramboll to help civilians in war-torn Ukraine. For our volunteer engineer, Thomas Friis Jensen, it’s simply the obvious

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Spotlight on a Volunteer – Simon Grønne Nielsen 

“Tearful Men Hug You Because You’re There” https://iug.dk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Portraet-af-en-frivillig-Simon-Groenne.mp4 Many Ukrainians lack the most basic necessities, such as heating and electricity—areas where volunteer engineer Simon Grønne Nielsen can help. That’s why he is always ready to travel to Ukraine: “It’s a

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Spotlight on a Volunteer – Jens Erik Treldal

I SEE IT AS A CALLING TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE IN UKRAINE🇺🇦🤝 https://iug.dk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Portraet-af-en-frivillig-Erik-Jens-Treldal.mp4 Jens Erik, an engineer at GRUNDFOS, doesn’t hesitate to address what may be a sensitive point for many who, after more than three years of war

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On the Front Page of ‘Ingeniøren’

“YOU ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT PARTNER” 🇺🇦❤️🇩🇰 Right now, we are featured in the professional magazine Ingeniøren about our technical-humanitarian missions in Ukraine. We even made the front page. The magazine’s reporter, Mats Magnussen, followed our volunteer engineers as they

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Who else would save the world if not engineers?

This is what EWB’s Secretary General, Peter Horne Zartsdahl, said in an interview with TV2 Bornholm on the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. He discussed EWB’s targeted response efforts in Ukraine, designed to quickly address acute technical-humanitarian needs.

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Overnight train, 10 hours en route to Kyiv

A group of our volunteer engineers has been on the ground in Ukraine providing technical advice. The team was ready to assess damage to a destroyed apartment building and explore opportunities for Danish-supported reconstruction, at the request of the Embassy

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“Innovation in Engineering” på DTU

We Have a Winner at DTU! To kick off 2025, we launched the course “Innovation in Engineering” at DTU – Technical University of Denmark – with an exciting challenge for the students! In record time, 200 enthusiastic students signed up

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Climate Action in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Together with our local partners, World Hope International and Skill Pool Sierra Leone, we are currently implementing a major climate project in Freetown. The project is led by a team of volunteer engineers, runs over 2.5 years, and aims to

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World-Class Innovation at SDU

Innovation i verdensklasse på SDU In November 2024, we had the pleasure of being part of the jury for the conclusion of the autumn session of “Experts in Teams” at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark. The students

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The first mission has arrived in Ukraine

The First Mission Has Landed in Ukraine 10 EWB volunteers, two taxis, and off to Copenhagen Airport. First stop: Vienna for a layover, then onward to Chișinău in Moldova. From there, a minibus took us to the Ukrainian border, followed

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HOTEL PARTNERSHIP WITH WAKEUP

EWB-DK Partners with Wakeup Copenhagen and Wakeup Aarhus for Members Engineers Without Borders Denmark (EWB-DK) has entered into a partnership with Wakeup Copenhagen and Wakeup Aarhus, offering all EWB-DK members the opportunity to stay at these hotels at a fixed,

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IUG's fact-finding team I Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Ukraine Becomes a New Program Country

We Have the Skills, Knowledge, and Experience – and That Comes with Responsibility At Engineers Without Borders Denmark (EWB-DK), we believe that capability creates obligation. That’s why it was a natural choice for us to contribute to the reconstruction of

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Meet the IUG at the People’s Climate Meeting

Engineers Without Borders leads the way past this year’s Climate People’s Meeting in Middelfart. On Thursday 29 August, there is both the opportunity to learn more about IUG’s work with Climate Adaptation in Sierra Leone in the Assembly House and

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