Volunteer Post
My Experience Working With An United States Volunteer
Nigerian National volunteer shares his experience as a Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer
Idris Barau
What was the best part about contributing to Farmer-to-Farmer as a national volunteer in your country/region?
The best part was to have played my part in moving the beekeeping industry forward despite Covid 19 which made it impossible for the international volunteer to be on ground.
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What was the best part about working with a remote US based volunteer?
The best part was that I had the chances of combining my training experience on African methodology and that of the volunteer synergy for delivering a better package for the farmers purposes
What did you learn/were there any cultural exchanges with the US volunteer and/or your host?
Despite the fact that am a Northern Nigerian and having the same dialect with the host — We have different cultures most especially in the having different names of equipment and language gestures that made me understood what approaches were needed in making impacts during the training.
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What lasting impact did volunteering with Winrock have on you?
The lasting impact is that working as a Winrock International volunteer has raised my status from National to International which is presently boosting my activities with large scale farmers. An example was that immediately after the training , I was called to evaluate the beekeeping activities of former President Abdulsalam Abubakar.
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