{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"EWB Canada","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/","author_name":"hebaelasaad","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/author\/hebaelasaad\/","title":"An Introduction to Christine MacDonald - EWB Canada","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/news-and-events\/news\/an-introduction-to-christine-macdonald\/\">An Introduction to Christine MacDonald<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n\t\t!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display=\"none\";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement(\"a\"),i=d.createElement(\"a\"),a.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document);\n\/\/--><!]]>\n<\/script><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/news-and-events\/news\/an-introduction-to-christine-macdonald\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;An Introduction to Christine MacDonald&#8221; &#8212; EWB Canada\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","description":"We&#8217;d like to introduce you to Christine MacDonald, a former Aeroplan employee who partnered with EWB and flew to support 50+ small profitable Ghanaian companies, helping provide energy to more villages.\u00a0 \u201cIn October of 2004, I was excited to be chosen as an Aeroplan employee to travel with Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) to Ghana. I was inspired to apply because my husband and I planned for our retirement to go travelling and see if we could help locals out: Bruce, with physics and engineering, and myself with languages and team building. Perhaps we could share what we knew and help out? Our project in Ghana was installing and supporting a &#8220;Multi-Functional Platform,&#8221; a small diesel engine in a small village, as a power source, a working business. EWB had hoped that up to 50 small profitable companies could start this way, providing some energy into more villages. Before I left Canada, in the EWB pre-training program, I learned that we foreigners do not understand how to fix anyone else&#8217;s problems. We just don&#8217;t understand the whole situation. I don&#8217;t want somebody else coming to tell me how to &#8220;fix&#8221; my life! I realized that local folks, given any chance of opportunity, were ready to improve their lives themselves! I learned to listen more and I could share all the best stories of strong Ghanaians with everyone back home! If you are looking to take part in a fellowship, be ready to take off your cultural &#8220;glasses&#8221; and look at the world from another perspective. When I saw through &#8220;Ghana-glasses,&#8221; I appreciated the water in my tap and hot showers, and our smooth roads. I loved the music in the streets, the attitude of Ghanaian locals and the smiles of the kids. One of the biggest things I learned was [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dev-ewb-ca.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Christine-MacDonald-trio-2-300x145.png"}