Author Archives: peter

Oct
27
What’s the best way to find answers, express complaints, criticize, and learn more about an organization?Well just ask the CEO!! One of the things that really impresses me about EWB is the continuous opportunity for all members to criticize and question the organization. I first experienced this 2 summers ago at a regional retreat where about 40 EWB members met to learn, discuss, and think about poverty. Scheduled one night was a Q&A with one of the co-CEO’s of...
Posted in EWB |
Oct
22
In my attempts to keep this blog as unbias as possible and give you all a true view of the contradictory confusion involved when going into development, I would like to post 2 things that somewhat contradict each other. I encourage you to read both critically and remember that both are opinions and haved to be looked at as a view… not necessarily a truth! The first is an article by an individual who used to be part of the Peace Corps. He exposes some of his experiences...
Posted in Food For Thought |
Oct
19
Hello Friends! So here I am 11 days in to what is turning out to be an experience of a lifetime!Being pushed to your limits is never easy, but always worth it! I’ve learnt a lot in this past week and I thought I’d share a bit of it with you all… FeedbackA few days ago me and my training mate got into a pretty heated discussion. We were both frustrated with each other from a group presentation we had just had and were walking back to the house with our...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Oct
15
So my partner in crime, Wayne, mentioned that today is “Blog Action Day” (http://blogactionday.org/).This year it is on Poverty, and basically the point of this day is for every blog to post something about poverty. Seeing as my efforts recently have been towards eliminating poverty, this wasn’t a hard task. What to write about!? Well that was the tough part… So many topics, but only one post. I briefly thought about it during the day but wasn’t...
Posted in Be The Change, Food For Thought |
Oct
11
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticeda boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”The boy replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”After...
Posted in Be The Change |
Oct
10
What is Development?Good question… very tough one too.After 3 hours of discussing it ended up still with no answer.What we did get are many keyword which helped us understand development, and the image below gives a great look of what it looks like to us! Key Development Words Visualized Using...
Posted in EWB |
Oct
9
Sannu! (That’s Hello in Northern Ghana!) After running around finishing last minute things downtown, I arrived home to continue packing. Should I take these clothes, or maybe these, no not these, oh I need to take this too.. oh wait will this fit in my bag!?!? Either I’m going nuts, or maybe I can ask you… HOW DO YOU PACK FOR 1 YEAR IN A BACKPACK!?!? This all took place Tuesday right before I was about to move into my new house downtown to begin my month of...
Posted in EWB |
Oct
3
Hey All! So still working on the Oz Rundown but thought I would start posting about my journey to Ghana with Engineers Without Borders which is just around the corner!Here’s a lil’ background info on why I decided to do it, who EWB is, my project, and how can help support me! Being born and bred in Canada, I have had the fortunes of growing up with food on the table, a roof over my head, a great education, and endless opportunities. Before I could even drive I...
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