Daily Archives: June 11, 2010

AwF volunteer provides support to Novus-Heifer project in Vietnam

Novus International is a global leader in animal health and nutrition and has donated US$100 000 to Heifer International, Vietnam to implement a new project in Ben Tre province in the Mekong Delta. The project aims to improve the livelihoods of poor and disadvantaged households in rural communities through sustainable small scale agriculture. Novus has committed to assist in the training of local project partners who work closely with these communities.

Technical experts from the fields of ruminant, poultry and aquaculture were identified to be involved with this project. Reshad Alam is the aquaculture technical specialist from AwF who is providing the “Train the Trainers” (TOT) program for the Novus-Heifer project in Vietnam. In planning for the TOT session, the Technical experts were invited to visit the communities who will directly benefit from this project. The visit included a discussion session which gave the technical experts, project participants, project trainers and project coordinators an opportunity to provide inputs on the training needs and to plan the TOT.

AQUAMEDIT 2010 pledges donation to AwF

AQUAMEDIT 2010, the 5^th International Congress on Aquaculture, Fisheries Technology and Environmental Management, will be held at the Aquaculture & Fisheries Management Department of the Technological Education Institute (TEI), Mesolonghi , Greece , 25-27 November 2010. Its theme is Capture Based Aquaculture: Combining Fisheries and Aquaculture for Sustainable Development. As usual, the principal organiser of this conference is the Panhellenic Society of Technologists Ichthyologists (PA.S.T.I.).

AQUAMEDIT 2010 has pledged to donate one (1) Euro to AwF for every delegate that registers for the Congress, plus the amount from a collection box placed on the registration desk.

PASTI has contributed to AwF several times before in this way and we are most grateful to its President, Michael Chatziefstathiou, for his kind initiative.

Full details about the programme of AQUAMEDIT 2010 are available from http://homepages.pathfinder.gr/pasti/pages_UK.htm.