{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"EWB Canada","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/","author_name":"carly","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/author\/carly\/","title":"Beyond miles: creating opportunities for greater impact - 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\/beyond-miles-creating-opportunities-greater-impact\/\">Beyond miles: creating opportunities for greater impact<\/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\/beyond-miles-creating-opportunities-greater-impact\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Beyond miles: creating opportunities for greater impact&#8221; &#8212; EWB Canada\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","description":"Aeroplan has been creating possibilities for Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) for thirteen years. In 2004, Aeroplan launched the miles donation program with EWB, their first non-profit partner. Since then, EWB has been able to offset the costs of flights for hundreds of fellows travelling to support social development in Africa. Sunday, September 24 marked the end of the 2017 Aeroplan matching week, which was another incredible success. Thanks to Aeroplan\u2019s commitment to match donated miles, EWB raised more than 2.2 million miles to help send more fellows overseas in the coming years. Our organization is committed to global leadership development, so we are deeply appreciative of how Aeroplan enables us to continue giving students, professionals and entrepreneurs opportunities to learn and contribute to the world. However, throughout our thirteen-year partnership, Aeroplan has created more possibilities for EWB, beyond those created by donated miles. After forming the partnership in 2004, Aeroplan sent its own employees to see EWB\u2019s work. Christine MacDonald, a customer service agent at the Vancouver Call Centre, was among those selected to go to Ghana to visit and experience EWB\u2019s water and sanitation work there. Christine was thrilled to be selected to visit the work EWB and our partners were doing to help others and thrilled to help others herself. In fact, she had made retirement plans with her late husband before he passed to travel the world, listening to people\u2019s needs and this trip was a great opportunity to start. Christine was in Ghana for three weeks, collecting as many stories as possible about Ghanaians and about the fellows leading the projects. \u201cThe best thing I learned was during the briefing week [with EWB] in Toronto, that the consequences may not be what you planned,\u201d Christine said, \u201cI learned to ask people what they need instead [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dev-ewb-ca.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/AP-gallery-christine-macdonald-3-470x310.jpg"}