International Programs Blog

Dave Buttgen (center) with PCI C-Fish constituients near Zomba, Malawi.
 

A transfer case made out of locally available materials and parts by local labor for a fish pond windmill aerator used by farmers enrolled in Project Concern International's C-Fish Project.
 

Bleck Eliassaint
By Sean Carpenter
 

Bleck Eliassant, Haitian earthquake victim and Project Concern International hero, picks through the wreckage of his home in Port au Prince (photos by Sean Carpenter).
 

ISED's Project Concern International (PCI) at the C-Fish Project in Zomba, Malawi, is assessing the potential of various water lifting windmills. The one pictured is a "vertical" design prototype.
 
For more information, contact:
 
Vincent Langdon-Morris
Senior Agricultural Technical Analyst - and
 ACTING SEG TEAM LEADER
USAID / Malawi
 
 

Sarah Combs, Phd
 
ISED is pleased to announce that Dr. Sarah Combs has joined the firm and will concentrate on serving programs and clients in ISED's International group, and will also work with programs serving victims of torture.
 

 Volunteer International Professional (VIP) Dave Buttgen is currently working in the Zomba River Basin in southern Malawi helping local fish farmers build and install  highly effcient fish pellet ovens that he designed. The ovens are an important contribution because they will help farmers cut down on the use of very scarce firewood and free them from long hours required to gather wood.
 

 
ISED's C-Fish Project team heads to Malawi on September 18th for a second site visit.There, they will assist Project Concern International (PCI) in their efforts to expand the fish farming sector in the Zomba River Basin in Southern Malawi.
 

ISED is passionately committed to the advancement of women as they engage new (to them) opportunities in business, education, governance, journalism, and so on. On a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (BECA) Project funded by the U.S. Department of State, ISED worked with local organizations to prepare women to meet these new opportunities.