From 1-26 August, two ARI staff members travelled to Zambia and Malawi to visit a total of 23 graduates.

At the end of the trip, they attended an ECHO conference in Malawi.

ECHO is an organization that works in South-East Asia and East and West Africa to tackle hunger by helping small-scale farmers become self-sufficient by providing training opportunities in sustainable farming methods that are adapted to local conditions.

In connection with ECHO, AFARI (American Friends of ARI) organized and sponsored a gathering of ARI graduates at the conference, where they had the opportunity to reflect on and deepen their learning at ARI by interacting with other graduates and peers from the same region and learning new skills.
Many thanks to AFARI for also helping sponsor ARI’s travel costs.

Specific activities of graduates from Zambia and Malawi will be reported in the next post.

Please look forward to it!