You do not need to have experience in the developing world - for example, if you have experience in solar engineering you could be vital to a student designing a solar water purifier for the developing world. By submitting your name and areas of expertise, you will be placed on our database of experts, which will be accessible to EWB members only. If a student or chapter is working on a project in your area, they will be able to contact you and solicit your support. Submitting your name in no way obliges you to help - it merely means that students could contact you, and if the project they propose interests you and time permits, you could agree to act as a technical advisor. A mentoring relationship is more intense and involves playing a greater role guiding students.
Mentors help students keep the chapters running and play a greater role on project teams.
Please click here to submit your name to a list of advisors or mentors. If at any time you want to have your name removed from the database, merely email us and it will be done within a week. Without Borders are sufficiently complex that a professional project leader is required. We try and structure our projects such that part-time project leadership is sufficient. You would be working with students to accomplish this.