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Engineers Against Poverty
charity cycle challenge
 Three of the Academy’s
staff members; Cuong Dang, Éva Culleton-Oltay
and Helen Berrington are taking up the Engineers
Against Poverty Vietnam to Cambodia charity
cycle challenge in the early part of 2010. This
requires the participants to cycle 525km over
eight days.
Engineers Against Poverty is an
independent charity that was established 10
years ago by some of the UK’s leading
professional engineering institutions. Their
mission is to work with government, industry and
civil society to fight poverty and promote
sustainable development. They do this through
improving the ways in which engineering and
technology is applied in low and middle income
countries. They develop practical solutions
aimed at creating jobs, promoting enterprise
development and improving education and
training. More information about Engineers
Against Poverty can be found on their website:
http://www.engineersagainstpoverty.org/
The
Academy is fully supporting the team in their
commitment to a charity that highlights the
importance of engineering to aid the poorer
areas of the world and I am sure you will agree
that it is an extremely worthy cause to raise
funding for. Not only will the team have to work
hard in the coming months to train for the tough
challenge but they have made substantial
individual donations themselves to cover their
flights. However, they still face the task of
raising a total of £10,500 before they leave for
Vietnam in February 2010 and I hope that you
will want to support them.
You can donate online at
the following link:
http://www.justgiving.com/Cuong-Helen-Eva
Alternatively you can send
a cheque made payable to ‘Engineers Against
Poverty’ to the Academy address:
Cuong Dang
International Officer
The Royal Academy of Engineering
3 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5DG
Many thanks
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