CORPORATE MEMBERS
Our corporate members’ engagement in EWB-DK is often motivated by a desire to explore how their employees, core areas of operation, and knowledge can be applied directly to our projects. Corporate memberships provide us with unique access to stateof-the-art technical knowledge, which we can use to strengthen our technical and humanitarian activities, and benefit the world’s poorest. In recent years, the potential of considerable synergy between corporate Denmark and EWBDK’s mission has become evident and exemplified in actual project initiatives. With a closer relationship between Danish corporations and their employees on one side and local NGOs and beneficiaries on the other, we can create an even more lasting commitment and a clearer understanding of the huge contribution that can be made from a Danish corporate platform.
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During 2021 new corporate members strengthened us even further, allowing us to deliver even better results for our communities and partners. We were very pleased to welcome Søren Jensen A/S, Polytech A/S, and NNE. All the companies and their employees have actively engaged in EWB-DK’s projects. We are grateful for Polytech’s donation of DKK 350,000, sparring, and technical knowledge on a lightning protection project at a school of 900 schoolchildren in rural Uganda. This collaboration helps raise the quality and add the latest technical input to our development projects. Also, the memberships of the two engineering companies, Søren Jensen A/S and NNE, have positively impacted EWBDK’s memberships base as many employees in the two companies joined EWB-DK as members.
Moreover, NNE decided to donate DKK 200,000 to EWB-DK’s activities in 2022. In addition, 2021 was the year where EWB-DK, for the first time, worked jointly in the field with corporate representatives in scoping relevant activities to be supported by our corporate members Danish Engineering Service (DIS) and the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). The initiative was highly successful, and it provided an opportunity to meet with our local partners in Sierra Leone and discuss technical needs for innovation and future projects. The mission has strengthened our collaboration with the two partners, who have experienced our projects up close, and EWB-DK sees great potential in involving partners in the field in the future.
Annual Report 2021 Engineers Without Borders – Denmark
