Monthly Archives: November 2010

AwF Volunteer database update – do we have your current information?

We are currently updating our list of Volunteers, which now numbers close to 300 people. If you have applied to become an AwF Volunteer in the past, we would appreciate hearing from you along with your current contact information and any changes in your profile. Please use the AwF Volunteer Form posted on our Volunteer page. This PDF form can be opened in the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (a free download), filled out and saved to your computer. Then send an email with the attached PDF form to AwF Volunteer Coordinator. If you are no longer able to volunteer, please let us know so that we can remove you from our list.

Thank you!

Brief visit to the Women in Aquaculture and Mid Hills AwF project by Peter Edwards

Peter Edwards

In November 2010 AwF Technical Advisory Group member Prof. Peter Edwards was able to pay a brief visit to our project in Nepal, which is in its second phase (see under NEPAL on our Projects page for details).

Here are his comments:

Building on a successful small-scale aquaculture project in the lowland Terai region of Nepal , AwF has funded the extension of the model to the Mid Hills region of the country.

I visited 6 family level ponds built in Phase One of the project in Dhamilikuwa Village , Lamgung District, interviewing three pond owners. They all expressed satisfaction at being introduced to the culture of carps and tilapia, consuming as well as selling table fish and tilapia fingerlings to neighbours.

I also attended the opening ceremony of a training programme for about 20 women for Phase Two of the project which was being conducted by Hare Ram Devkota as part of his M.Sc. Internship through the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science. A training manual in local language had been prepared and distributed by Mr Devkota to the participants.

Congregations from Crumlin & Glenavy (Northern Ireland) turn up trumps for AwF again

At an interdenominational service in Northern Ireland, the congregations of several churches donated their harvest collection, totalling more than £200, to Aquaculture without Frontiers. 

Through the initiative and kindness of AwF (UK) Director Scott Peddie, over £900 has been raised for AwF through multiple fund-raising activities over the past sixteen months. 

Members of the Crumlin & Glenavy Clergy Fellowship after the Interdenominational Harvest Service

Left to Right: Rev. Patsy Holdsworth, Rev. John Murdock, Fr. Brendan Smyth, Rev. Dr. Scott Peddie, Rev. John Farr & Rev. Liz Hewitt. Missing from the picture are Rev. John Rutter and Fr. Sean Dillon