Training: Environmental Monitoring Training in JuneSIFAT is excited about an upcoming training opportunity to be held June 28-30, 2016, on our campus. The following press release is from the 4-H Alabama Water Watch Program, with whom we are partners for this conference. The 4-H Alabama Water Watch Program is partnering with five environmental centers around the state, including SIFAT, to provide teachers and volunteer educators with the opportunity to learn to use the Exploring Our Living Streams: Stream Biomonitoring and Water Chemistry Monitoring Curriculum. During this two-day workshop, participants will learn to use the EOLS curriculum, which is correlated to the Alabama Course of Study and is endorsed by the Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative. Participants will also be certified as water monitors and will learn how they can certify youth as 4-H AWW Water Monitors. Participants who complete this training will receive Continuing Education Units from Auburn University. Food and lodging is provided. This opportunity is funded in part by a grant from the EPA Office of Environmental Education. *There is a $25 application fee due with registration. Workshop Locations and Dates:
Click here to download a flyer. For more info and to register, click here or call he AWW Office at 334.844.4785. People interested in participating in SIFAT’s community development training often cannot take part in our 10-week international Practicum. This spring, we are offering a two-week Field Study Course highlighting hunger and malnutrition. Kathy Bryson, our international training director, has written a letter below to those interested. At the bottom of this post, we have included some links to our training information on the SIFAT website.
Dear Friends,
Do you want to learn practical skills to address hunger and malnutrition in the developing world? Come join us at SIFAT for two weeks (May 17- May 30) of intensive hands-on learning that will give you a tool-kit to address basic human needs.Â
Learn roof-top gardening, build a simple solar cooker, make leaf concentrate to treat malnourished children, learn some simple technologies for clean water and sanitation, build fuel-efficient cookstoves, learn to preserve foods and “refrigerate” without electricity and much more…..At the same time you learn practical skills, your understanding of world hunger and community development issues will deepen through participatory activities.
Classes will be taught at SIFAT’s 176-acre rural International Training Campus outside of Lineville, Alabama (1.5 hours from Atlanta or Birmingham). Some hands-on components will be in our simulated Global Village.  Â
SIFAT Trainers are experienced in international development and cross-cultural dynamics. Additionally, we are partnering with several outstanding instructors for this training including Dr. Martin Price of ECHO, Dr. Larry Winiarski (Rocket Stove inventor), and Dave Kennedy, founder of Leaf for Life.
This field study is designed for grass-roots community workers, university students, missionaries, development organization workers, and those who want to learn how to make a difference in meeting the needs of a hungry world. This course was first developed with NIH grant funds through the Sparkman Center for Global Health and the University of Alabama in Birmingham,School of Public Health.Â
Click here for additional information about this course, as well as a registration form, course flyer and course objectives.
Please e-mail me with any questions. I look forward to hearing from you!
Kathy C. Bryson, MPH, MHS International Training Director ————-
Quick links:
International Aid’s Lab in a Suitcase training will be held on SIFAT’s campus August 10-12, 2008. Imagine you are in a jungle area with no electricity. The nearest medical lab is days away. You need to make a diagnosis to determine which life-saving medicines to give… Learn how to use International Aid’s convenient, portable medical lab specially designed for remote areas.
Who: This training is designed for health care personnel who do not have extensive laboratory training backgrounds What: Lab in a Suitcase training. When: August 10-12, 2008 Where: SIFAT’s international campus, Lineville, AL More info: www.sifat.org/workshop.html or contact Kathy Bryson, brysonk@sifat.org |
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