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Engineers For Overseas Development
WHO WE ARE
We are a charity focused on developing young professionals in the UK Construction Industry by challenging members to plan and manage construction projects to alleviate poverty in Sub Saharan Africa.
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EFOD was established by Ian Flower in 2000 and currently works through four regional teams across the UK.
WHAT WE DO
Young volunteers from the construction industry; including engineers, architects, project managers and qualified apprentices, are challenged to form a team and design a solution to a problem. The team raises funds and visits the country in pairs for two-week intervals to hire labour, purchase materials, supervise construction, and commission.
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ENGINEERING DESIGN
Young construction professionals in the UK are challenged as a team to design a solution to address problems in Sub-Saharan Africa.
FUNDRAISING & SPONSORSHIP
Volunteers raise finance through fundraising events and corporate sponsorship to fund their projects.
OVERSEASÂ CONSTRUCTION
Teams of volunteers travel overseas in pairs for two-week intervals. In this time they hire local labour, purchase materials and supervise construction and commissioning of their designs.