Cal Poly Team travels August 30 - September 16 to Malawi
Sept. 30, 2008 : We’re Back from Malawi!
Thank you so much to all who helped make this trip possible for us!
Photo, left to right: Kaitlin Chandler (Cal Poly Social Science graduate), Gift (COMDEP member), Lori Atwater (CP Malawi Team leader & Civil Engineering student), Phillip (COMDEP executive director), Blayne Morgan (CP Environmental Engineering student), Grace Wetmore (CP Animal Science student), Rod Hoadley (CP Industrial Manufacturing instructor). Front Row: Bridget Hill (CP Earth Science graduate), Enock (COMDEP deputy director), Dianne Long (CP Political Science factulty)
We had an amazing trip. We’re working on editing videos and organizing photos for presentations, so we’ll have more info up soon! There is so much to share about what we learned in Malawi.
August 2008
Contact us for presentations when we return!!!
We sincerely thank our supporters to date:
President Baker’s Innovation Fund Provost Dirgan, VP Academic Programs Dr. Cornel Morton, VP Student Affairs Cal Poly Animal Science Dept Cal Poly Earth Science Dept Barnes and Noble California Pizza Kitchen Crawford Multari & Clark Firestone Grill Gold’s Gym Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter Partnership Foundation KVEC Talk Radio AM920 LifeWater International Kent & Diana Biddleston Paul & Sandra Ogren Pacific Home & Garden Patagonia Starbuck’s Trader Joe’s Uptown Expresso Wallace Group Cal Poly faculty Many anonymous donors Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Our team has raised over $14,000 for travel
plus $1000 for equipment and training materials.
DONATE Cash and in-kind donations are still needed.
If you’d like to donate and greatly help our cause, please do the following:
Make checks payable to CAL POLY
(in memo field write Malawi Appropriate Technology Team)
Mail gifts to
The Malawi Project, University Honors Program
CAL POLY, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Thank you so much for your support!!!
5 traveling students needs $1,500 more for in country expenses. It’s not too late to give. Checks will be processed while team continues field trip.
| SNAP SHOT - Cal Poly AppTech - Malawi Summer 2008 |
| * Meet Malawi govt & NGO partners; assess Ped A Pump with widows |
| * Q&A with expert developer in East Africa, NGO planning sessions |
| * Capacity buildng workshops with widows, youth & NGO officers |
| * Visit future irrigation training facility; meet district officials and chiefs |
| * Brainstorm with rural community of dissemination of appropriate technologies |
| * Encourage development clubs experimenting with crop production tools |
| * Assess locally available materials, shops and resources for future teams |
| * R&R at Lake Malawi and Liwonde National Park after long rural drives |
| * Upon return, make presentations to students, administration & SLO community |