{"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":"Engineering Brighter Tomorrows - EWB Canada","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/what-we-do\/engineering-brighter-tomorrows\/\">Engineering Brighter Tomorrows<\/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\/what-we-do\/engineering-brighter-tomorrows\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Engineering Brighter Tomorrows&#8221; &#8212; EWB Canada\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","description":"75% of the world still living without electricity are in Africa. Our mission is to drive systemic and sustainable change through community-driven collaboration, through local community leaders, service providers, and organizations, and by leveraging technological advancements. Through the project, we are providing reliable solar energy solutions to meet the critical needs of rural health facilities and schools, and ensuring that local partners, including government ministries, are equipped to provide ongoing technical support. Empowering Women and Girls By addressing education disparities for girls, EWB aims to increase access to quality education and provide a clearer path to post-secondary opportunities and employment. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of education exclusion, with 9 million girls and 6 million boys aged 6-11 never attending school (UIS), and those disadvantages for girls start early: 23% do not attend primary school, and by adolescence, that rises to 36%. This early exclusion is especially concerning because girls out of school are more likely to face abuse, child labor, and early pregnancies. Child marriages specifically drop by 64% after education opportunities and exclusion rates are enhanced for young women (GEM). On top of that, healthcare impacts on women and girls are significant, effectively represented in the example of a Ugandan rural health clinic study where electricity access dropped maternal deaths by 61%. Digital Inclusion Access to reliable electricity at schools that currently lack it in the region would enable students and teachers to spend more time teaching and learning, and provide access to the internet. This can help with the development of online curricular plans, online teaching aids and testing. From a healthcare perspective, access to electricity enables facilities to utilize digital health technologies, which enhance health outcomes directly through better data management, better planning for patient treatment and follow-up, remote diagnostics and data analysis. According to [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Copy-of-Concordia_ChampagneParty1.jpg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":1066}