Message-ID: <19961209203302552.AAA249@sifat-server> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 14:33:02 +0000 From: "Rev. David Bryson" <mailto:brysond@SIFAT.ORG> Subject: Alternative Small Scale Water and Sanitation Technologies To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Annoucement for interested International Development Workers:WORKSHOP ON ALTERNATIVE, SMALL SCALE WATER AND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES
January 8 - 10, 1997
Three day workshop on alternative, small scale water and sanitation technologies to be held at SIFAT's Galilee Campus in Lineville, Alabama, USA between January 8 - 10, 1997. The workshop will provide training and orientation for international development workers, missionaries, and others who wish to learn about water and sanitation technologies within the context of a holistic, participatory approach to community development.
Workshop classes include water and sanitation technologies, health, and participatory community development.
Facilitators and trainers for the workshop include experienced field technicians, visiting scholars, and SIFAT instructors.
Participants should plan arrivals to Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama, or Lineville, Alabama on January 7th. Cost of the workshop, which includes ground transportation to and from the Atlanta (or Birmingham) airport, meals, and 4 nights stay on the SIFAT campus, is $325.
For additional information contact:
Franklin Griffin <mailto:griffinf@sifat.org> Project Coordinator at SIFAT 205-396-2015
SIFAT (Servants In Faith And Technology) is an Ecumenical Christian Non-Profit organization founded in 1978 dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through practical self-help ways through appropriate technology and community development. Training centers are located in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Alabama, USA.
SIFAT has trained leaders from 68 countries how to help their own people with practical skills such as sustainable agriculture, aquaculture, water purification, solar energy, alternative shelter, literacy, microenterprise, and public health.
SIFAT is a member of the Universities and PVO in Collaboration and Development which has 30 Universities and Private Voluntary Organizations dedicated to International Development. ----------------------------------------------------- Rev. David Bryson International Director SIFAT (Servants In Faith And Technology) P. O. Box 3135 Auburn, AL 36831-3135 USA office: 334.826-7100 fax: 334.826-8922 e-mail: mailto:brysond@sifat.org http://www.sifat.org