Definitions & Terminology
There have been some questions regarding the terminology I have been using. The following guide will hopefully provide some answers and insight into what I am talking about throughout this placement. Enjoy! If I am missing an explanation for anything, please let me know.
EWB - Engineers Without Borders Canada
Canada's fastest growing development organization with over 17 000 members accross the country, which strives to use appropriate technology to drive extraordinary change in the socio-economic lives of people living in extreme poverty. To date, EWB has sent over 200 volunteers overseas to work in various capacities around the world. EWB will work with OIC for the first time in 2006.
JF - Junior Fellow
A student who commits to a two year term with EWB, and participates in a four month overseas volunteer placement where they will be partnered with another organization to provide opportunities outlined in the EWB Charter.
JFID - Junior Fellowship in International Development
EWBs volunteer-sending program which will see 42 volunteers sent overseas this summer to work for various other organnzations. Also referred to as:
STOV - Short Term Overseas volunteer
OP21 - Operation 21 Placement
OV - Overseas Volunteer
LTOV - Long-term Overseas Volunteer
A long-term volunteer placement through EWB which can last from eight months to two years depending on the project. LTOV's generally focus on having greater impact, and prepare projects for the JFID program.
OIC - Opportunities Industrialization Centres
An organization catalyzed through the civil rights movement in the United States which strives to provide appropriate technology to provide people with the means necessary to lift themselves out of poverty.
Also known as
OICT - OIC Tamale
OICI-GH - OIC Ghana
OICI - OIC International
WP - Working Partnership
This program teams up an LTOV with a JF and a chapter, for which the LTOV provides resources and materials for the chapter to use, who then fundraises to send a JF overseas to work with the LTOV on their project for four months. This is a new program, and Windsor has not yet taken part.
Other acronyms I will use regularly:
AIDS - Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
Northern Region - The area of Ghana which sits north of Volta Lake, and spans the entire width of the country.
USAID - United States International Development Agency
CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency
DFID - Department for International Development (UK)
WATSAN - Water & Sanitation Projects
ME - Micro-Enterprise Projects
Terms I have coined:
NGOSUV or NGOBUS - Vehicles NGOs use for transportation. Usually the largest, cleanest vehicles on the road.
I hope that these explanations can explain some terms for you that I will use regularly throughout this placement weblog.
EWB - Engineers Without Borders Canada
Canada's fastest growing development organization with over 17 000 members accross the country, which strives to use appropriate technology to drive extraordinary change in the socio-economic lives of people living in extreme poverty. To date, EWB has sent over 200 volunteers overseas to work in various capacities around the world. EWB will work with OIC for the first time in 2006.
JF - Junior Fellow
A student who commits to a two year term with EWB, and participates in a four month overseas volunteer placement where they will be partnered with another organization to provide opportunities outlined in the EWB Charter.
JFID - Junior Fellowship in International Development
EWBs volunteer-sending program which will see 42 volunteers sent overseas this summer to work for various other organnzations. Also referred to as:
STOV - Short Term Overseas volunteer
OP21 - Operation 21 Placement
OV - Overseas Volunteer
LTOV - Long-term Overseas Volunteer
A long-term volunteer placement through EWB which can last from eight months to two years depending on the project. LTOV's generally focus on having greater impact, and prepare projects for the JFID program.
OIC - Opportunities Industrialization Centres
An organization catalyzed through the civil rights movement in the United States which strives to provide appropriate technology to provide people with the means necessary to lift themselves out of poverty.
Also known as
OICT - OIC Tamale
OICI-GH - OIC Ghana
OICI - OIC International
WP - Working Partnership
This program teams up an LTOV with a JF and a chapter, for which the LTOV provides resources and materials for the chapter to use, who then fundraises to send a JF overseas to work with the LTOV on their project for four months. This is a new program, and Windsor has not yet taken part.
Other acronyms I will use regularly:
AIDS - Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
Northern Region - The area of Ghana which sits north of Volta Lake, and spans the entire width of the country.
USAID - United States International Development Agency
CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency
DFID - Department for International Development (UK)
WATSAN - Water & Sanitation Projects
ME - Micro-Enterprise Projects
Terms I have coined:
NGOSUV or NGOBUS - Vehicles NGOs use for transportation. Usually the largest, cleanest vehicles on the road.
I hope that these explanations can explain some terms for you that I will use regularly throughout this placement weblog.
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