Milly Hennayake, civil engineer

Milly Hennayake is a civil engineer. She studied civil engineering at the University of Cambridge, and first got involved with Engineers Without Borders UK at university.

After volunteering with Engineers Without Borders UK at home, she went to Nairobi as a volunteer engineer. There she worked with KDI, a Kenyan design and community non-profit, on water management and sanitation projects in Kibera.

Milly has also worked with Engineers Without Borders UK to inspire, train and support university engineers across the country to partner with international NGOs. She has worked on development and engineering projects in Sierra Leone, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya.

Milly’s route into engineering

In this interview, Milly talks about her own route into engineering.

Watch Milly’s Born to Engineer film