[Lapg] INTERN OPPORTUNITIES ON PERMACULTURE ACROSS BORDERS (PAB) PROJECT IN RAKAI DISTRICT, UGANDA

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

INTERN OPPORTUNITIES ON PERMACULTURE ACROSS BORDERS (PAB) PROJECT IN RAKAI
DISTRICT, UGANDA

Permaculture Across Borders (PAB) is partnering on a project to bring
greater food self-sufficiency at a Boarding School and Home for orphaned and
vulnerable children in South-Western Uganda.  Working with and learning from
the community, we plan to use a permaculture-based approach to achieve
greater food self-sufficiency and establish the Home as a community resource
for learning, teaching, and spreading sustainable agriculture practices.

Stage 1: June-July 2008
Rosemary Morrow of Australia leads a hands-on permaculture design process
to:
€ Consult with local community leaders
€ Teach a 4-day Introduction to Permaculture course
€ Work with the staff and children at the home on preliminary design and
implementation.
Stage 2:  August 2008-September 2009
€ 3-12 month internship to carry forward design implementation

Permaculture Across Borders is partnering and fundraising for this project
with Children of Uganda, a registered Ugandan NGO that funds and manages the
home.  Permaculture Across Borders is a U.S. non-profit who works to provide
and pass on technical expertise to further and integrate sustainable
practices.

This is a wonderful opportunity for an intern with post-PDC experience to
work alongside Rosemary and to then stay on-site to help the Home staff
implement the design.  The plan is to teach a PDC course around the time of
the Malawi Convergence in 2009, giving the intern/s an opportunity to
co-teach the PDC and travel to Malawi with the team.
Rosemary arrives in Uganda on June 24; the 4-day course will begin June 28.

Please contact Jan Smart at info at permacultureacrossborders.org if you are
interested in exploring opportunities for an internship in 2008 or 2009.


  Jan Smart
  www.permacultureacrossborders.org




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