Volunteer Posts
Lessons in Financial Resource Management
August 30, 2018
Winrock F2F volunteer, Ron Presley, Professor of Agriculture at South Plains College in TX, recently trained 21 members of the Federation of Fruits Growers of Lower Guinea (FEPAF) in better financial resource management and effective record keeping. Mr. Presley helped the group develop essential tools for managing income and tracking cash flow. Group members learned […]
Pollen Production Brings New Benefits to Bangladesh Beekeepers
August 28, 2018
Bangladesh Field Team reflects on the successful impacts F2F has had on the Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (BASA). “F2F assistance helped with specialty knowledge related to beekeeping including honey, pollen and royal jelly production. It has been immensely beneficial. The benefits continue as the trained people have trained others.” – AKM Shirajul Islam, Executive […]
August Volunteer of the Month
August 23, 2018
Neelam Canto-Lugo was nominated by the Myanmar Farmer to Farmer team because she is excellent at highlighting personal capacity and demonstrating how to use, manage and improve it. She has opened the eyes of many trainees about how to prepare for the work place and is dedicated to training while doing it with pleasure. Country Director, […]
A Life Experience with the Rural Reconstruction Foundation in Bangladesh
August 13, 2018
Winrock International invited me to volunteer in Bangladesh as part of the Farmer-to-Farmer Program funded by USAID. In Bangladesh, the Farmer-to-Farmer program engages skilled American volunteers to provide training and technical assistance to support youth entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector and to strengthen agricultural education and training institutions. My assignment was to visit local beef […]
July Volunteer of the Month
July 31, 2018
Julie Albrecht was nominated by the Senegal Farmer to Farmer team because of her dedication to knowledge sharing and ability to adapt to local conditions. During her training, she was able to put the participants at ease and engage them with hands-on training. In addition, Julie also demonstrates great creativity in using local equipment and ingredients to come up with […]
A Guinean Experience
July 18, 2018
In May of 2018, I was very fortunate to be selected by Winrock International to lead a GIS and GPS workshop in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. Below are excerpts from my journal I kept during the two weeks I was in-country: I flew into hot and steamy Conakry, the capital of Guinea, […]
A New Perspective on Pesticide Education
July 18, 2018
At the request of Samaru College of Agriculture, Nigeria Jolene spent 17 days in Zaria Kaduna State assisting the college developing training and training materials for integrated pest management and pesticide safety. She also helped them develop a curriculum for a certification class that the host will offer its students. My second Winrock assignment to […]
An Animal Breeder’s Dream
July 12, 2018
Recently, I conducted a Farmer-to-Farmer assignment on Improved Goat Rearing for Youth Entrepreneurship Development with Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS) in the Tala upazila, Satkhira district of Bangladesh (22.76006 N, 89.25346 E). This assignment was my first trip to Bangladesh. I was pleasantly surprised to see how well positioned the Bangladeshi goat industry is. In my […]
Building Something Valuable
July 4, 2018
Happy Fourth of July! This day, more than any other day, reminds me how Winrock’s volunteer programs embody many of the things that make the United States such a great country. Volunteers from all 50 states – representing diverse ethnicities, backgrounds, and academic and work experiences – contribute ingenuity, persistence, generosity, and hard work to […]
June Volunteer of the Month
July 2, 2018
Jolene was nominated by the Nigeria Farmer to Farmer team because she demonstrated a commitment to the success of her assignments and never tired of the frenzied hours of hard work – developing training materials, training the host in necessary skills and capabilities. Country Director, Mike Bassey, said “Outside of Jolene’s scope of work, she […]