Category Archives: Updates

AwF and University of Arizona receive farmer-to-farmer aquaculture niche award from US-AID

We are pleased to announce that the US-AID has awarded $97,528 in a one year grant to administer a Farmer-to-Farmer program sending volunteers to India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and New Caledonia to work with local aquaculture farmers to implement more sustainable farming techniques.  The original proposal can be seen on our projects page (current projects and field activities).  

Together we can achieve wonderful things

AwF is undertaking a number of initiatives to make itself better known to the glogal aquaculture community and to the public at large.

To the right is an advertisement that appeared in the March 2010 issue of World Aquaculture, published quarterly by the World Aquaculture Society (WAS). The ad space was donated by WAS, which is very much appreciated as all funding received is targeted to development projects.

If your organization has a publication, please considering running one of our ads in it because “Together we can achieve wonderful things.”

Contact us today!

New report on the success of AwF’s work in Nepal

The recently received report AwF – Nepal: Empowering women through small-scale aquaculture covers the major activities of a small-scale aquaculture project with objectives of improving nutrition and income of rural communities by empowering women. The two-year project (Jan 2008-Dec 2009) was funded by Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) and launched in “Rainas Tar” within the Dhamilikuwa Village Development Committee,of Lamjung, a mid-hill district of Nepal, in collaboration with the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal and a local NGO.

Summer of AwF fundraising in Northern Ireland

In our news item dated 26 September 2009 we mentioned fundraising activities for AwF in Northern Ireland and showed a picture from one of them – John Osprey abseiling in Belfast.

Now we are able to provide more details in the attached PDF, which is adapted from a story in The Antrim Times. A fish health expert, Rev. Dr. Scott Peddie is a Trustee of AwF (UK) and was formerly the treasurer and a board member of the European Aquaculture Society.

It is hoped that this story may give ideas to other supporters of AwF activities!

AwF fundraising activities

For a summary of AwF fundraising activities to date, click here.

AwF Director raises funds in Northern Ireland

Many thanks to AwF (UK) Director Scott Peddie for raising funds (nearly £195) for us in a fun event last month. Such events not only enhance our income but help to publicise our work in developing countries (in this case amongst children too). A scanned copy of a report in the Antrim Times is provided here.

Scott tells us that he is planning more activities in aid of AwF. Many thanks to him for his initiatives.

Four reports from our field projects received this month

Four reports from our field projects have been received this month (thanks to AwF Director M.C. Nandeesha). They can be viewed on the Projects page of this website. Two are from Bangladesh (AwF-Caritas and AwF-RDRS) and two from India (AwF-Bishramganj Phase 3 and AwF-Toleo Foundation).

We are delighted that these projects are going well and glad that we have supported them. Our sincere thanks go to our individual AwFdonors and to the ToleoFoundation for their financial support, which made our work in these projects possible.

We are always interested in new proposals for small projects for consideration by our Technical Advisory Group, which is chaired by AwF Director Geoff Allan. Details of the procedure for writing and submitting proposals can be found on the Proposals page of this website. The type of projects we consider can be judged from the nature of our current projects and from reading our About Us-Background page.

AwF at work in 13 countries

Click on a Summary of AwF Activities in 13 Countries, 2003-2008 to learn more about what AwF is doing.

South Place Marlow nets another £3,150 (US$ 6,175) for AwF

The following newspaper article is reprinted from the ‘Maidenhead Advertiser’ (17 July 2008).

‘Donald Duck’ (aka Mick Varley), with his colleagues ‘Tigger’ (aka Eleanor) and Jenny sold over £600 worth of raffle tickets during the party for prizes donated by the local community. Councillor Suzanne Brown chaired the street committee that organised the event and invited the Marlow Town Mayor to open it. Laura & Anthony Brondbjerg raised nearly £400 by auctioning donated items. All food and entertainment was donated by street residents, except for the drinks and the roast meat.

More news from Bishramganj, India

AwF Volunteer M.C. Nandeesha kindly provided the following news about the new AwF-supported hatchery in Tripura today.

We have started seed production. Activities are gradually picking up. District administration may support further to expand the activities. Centre students are deriving good benefits. All the money collected through hard work will have greater impact. When that becomes reality, you can be happy to have contributed to change the lives of people.