Serving communities
Day of Service
Now in its second year, the Day of Service event in North America is proving to be a tremendous success. When we launched this initiative, approximately 300 people provided more than 1100 hours of volunteer service to 33 charities in the USA and Canada. As part of our GHD in the Community program, the Day of Service provides an inspiring example of our people’s compassion, motivation, and commitment to make the world better.
Partnering with EWB
GHD has partnered with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) to help improve the quality of life for disadvantaged communities around the world. Our people get involved in numerous programs supported by EWB Australia and EWB USA. Recently, Tom Gillespie and Galani Dube were corporate mentors to 50 university students at the Humanitarian Design Summit in Malaysia. Steve Grupico has helped design and implement drinking water systems in Peru.
Humanitarian and disaster relief
Our partnership with RedR Australia enables our people to train and pursue humanitarian and disaster relief roles. In 2017, GHD’s Sooi Li Lee, Mike Woods and Chris French assisted with RedR’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Emergencies course. GHD also supported Tony Cauchi and Jennifer Spencer to complete the training required to join RedR’s roster for deployments in emergencies.
Inspiring students
Kate MacDonald, an electrical engineer in Christchurch, New Zealand, has put the pedal to the metal with local school pupils, helping them to develop their ‘Pedal Power’ concept as part of the Engineering New Zealand’s FutureInTech program. The students are designing a stationary bike that can generate electricity for powering laptops and iPads at St Peter’s School.
Insight into engineering
Our people in the UK are mentoring civil engineering students from the University of Leeds. As part of the ongoing partnership with the university, we welcomed a group of undergraduates to our Leeds office to show what a day in the life of an engineer is like. Our future plans include conducting site tours for students and helping the university review coursework projects.
Cycling for health
Seventeen GHD people took part in La Boucle cycling challenge, the largest health promotion event ever held in Quebec. The event, cycling along a 135 km course, was hosted by the Pierre Lavoie Challenge (Le Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie). The organisation supports Quebec schools in encouraging physical activity and healthy eating amongst children aged 6-12 years.
This is a small sample of our people's community contributions.
Find out more at www.ghd.com/community/