Mission & Aims
EWB-Palestine's mission is to facilitate human development through engineering. Its goals are to:
- educate, and raise the awareness of, students and others about issues in human development;
- promote research related to, and actively contribute towards, engineering solutions for human development;
- provide an ongoing supply of competent and knowledgeable professional development workers, and;
- become a mark of excellence for those looking to become involved with development work.
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