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Volunteering in Nigeria

August 2, 2013|volunteer

July 28, 2013 I was in Nigeria for two weeks in July as a Winrock International volunteer with the USAID John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer program. The “host” was the Community Based Natural Resource Management Program – Niger Delta (CBNRMP-ND). My assignment was to train farmers and cooperative leaders in group dynamics, association & […]

Receiving More Than Giving

July 24, 2013|volunteer

Burt Hicks is finishing up his first volunteer assignment with Winrock in Myanmar (Burma). He describes his rewarding experience below: Over the course of the past two months, my wife and I have worked as volunteer consultants in Myanmar with Winrock International through the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program. While I was the one that was supposed […]

Returning to Mali

June 14, 2013|volunteer

Dan Miller wrote a great blog entry about his last volunteer trip to Mali. We’re so glad he will be returning for a second trip, to work with a different group of farmers, later this month! “Thirty some years ago I spent two years in Mali, West Africa, doing the research for my Master’s. At […]

Great Lakes Protection Fund Supports Innovative Partnership to Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in Milwaukee River Watershed

March 5, 2013|post

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (August 5, 2013) – Grant funding from the Great Lakes Protection Fund (GLPF) will support a multi-disciplinary partnership to reduce harmful runoff from agricultural lands in the Milwaukee River Watershed. A team led by nonprofits Winrock International, Delta Institute and Sand County Foundation will direct the effort. The three-year, $957,000 grant seeks […]