Monthly Archives: September 2015

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AwF Fundraising Dinner 5 February 2016

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AwF is grateful to the GOHWell Foundation for enabling us to have a aquariumCharityDinnerCharity Dinner on Friday 5 February at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium as part of the GOHWell Summit. Our group of AwF Melbourne volunteers is aiming to make this a very special night to raise funds for some specific projects we are organising.images (5)

If you are interested in supporting or donating to the event, please contact:
comms.awf@gmail.com

Tickets are available by clicking GOHWell Charity Dinner. 


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AWARD FOR COLOMBIAN CHAMPION (Premio para el campeón colombiano)

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2.1The story of Ruth Uribe Quintero in aquaculture began in 2007. Through her passion, training and hard work Ruth became the president of the association AMENM (Asociación de Mujeres Esperanza Nueva La Murraposa) (Women’s Association the Murraposa Nueva Esperanza).

AMENM began as an initiative of 60 rural women in the city of Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia, aimed at improving the quality of life of the members and their families by generating revenue through the implementation of aquaculture projects.  This Association promotes value added tilapia aquaculture in the rural Tolima Region of Colombia, and is a platform for other aquaculture family farm producers (with limited resources) to increase farming capacity and process, income and nutrition. This is a women only project with fish ponds and one building for processing.  They created a collective and include other producers in the Tolipez region.

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