Other unexpected combinations: tequila lime avocado ice cream and double chocolate avocado ice cream, last year’s healthiest dessert winners from New Street Catering in West Chester.

New River Gorge National River receives grant from National Park Foundation | Community | montgomery-herald.com New River Gorge National River receives grant from National Park Foundation a New River Gorge National River is one of 25 national parks selected to receive a 2016 Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of Americaas national parks.

Through a unique partnership with Active Southern West Virginia, this grant will bring a multitude of wellness programming to Camp Brookside, an emerging environmental education center located in Summers County. Classes will start this summer and span all ages, with a focus on offering the local community an opportunity to try something new in their national park.

aHaving a national park in your backyard provides a positive impact to the areaas economy and a valuable contribution to the quality of life for local residents,a said New River Gorge National River Superintendent Trish Kicklighter.

aThis partnership between Active Southern West Virginia and the National Park Service highlights the possibilities to improve the quality of life here.a

Now in its eighth year, the Active Trails program supports healthy living by getting people out and active in national parks through projects promoting recreation and exercise.

Since 2008, the National Park Foundation has granted more than $3.35 million through its Active Trails program. As of early 2015, Active Trails has engaged more than 12,000 volunteers and 740 project partners.

aFrom Zumba and yoga, to paddling along the seashore, to guided hikes for veterans, our national parks are places for healthy living, wellness, fun, and healing,a said Susan Newton, senior vice president of grants and programs at the National Park Foundation. aThanks to our Active Trails program, weare able to help people from all backgrounds discover how they can actively enjoy our national parks in ways that speak to their unique interests.a

aNational parks, both urban and rural, can provide opportunities to improve oneas physical and mental health,a said Sara Newman, director of the Office of Public Health at the National Park Service.

These National Park Foundation grants will help all visitors experience our parks as places to recreate, inspire, reflect, and be active.a

The Active Trails projects are great examples of the countless ways there are to #FindYourPark. Launched in March 2015, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education movement to inspire people from all backgrounds to connect with, celebrate, and support Americaas national parks and community-based programs.

Celebrating the National Park Service centennial and setting the stage for the Serviceas next 100 years, #FindYourPark invites people to discover and share their own unique connections to our nationas natural landscapes, vibrant culture, and rich history.

The National Park Foundation wishes to thank The Coca-Cola Company and The Coca-Cola Foundation for their generous support of the Active Trails program.

Cheryl Meld is enhancing opportunities for McGregor kids through grant funding

All public schools receive their K-12 state funding allocations; however, youth often have a multitude of other needs that extend beyond reading, writing and arithmetic. According to McGregor Schools Superintendent Paul Grams, Cheryl Meld, school grant coordinator, helps to meet many of these needs in innovative ways.

aCherylas expertise as a grant writer and her position as grant coordinator help meet the diverse needs of our students and the additional resources are funneled into the district to provide staff training and opportunities for kids that might not otherwise be available to them,a says Grams.

This funding provides for two-hour sessions of after-school homework help for all students. It also supports a seventh grade group mentoring program where students meet with staff advisors to set academic and other goals and brainstorm incentives for attaining these goals.

aThe 12-session program helps students plan for their future and establish education goals. She helps these students establish goals, contracts and incentives to help them make improvements in these specific areas.

This grant also provides assistance to students who need help paying for yearbooks and activity or athletic fees as well as professional development training for staff. aEach Thursday some Kids Club students go to the Northland Village to read and play games with elder residents,a explains Meld, aand upon request, fourth graders recently started visiting Pioneer Villa to interact with the residents there as well.a

It supports programming that brings parents into the school to help them become more engaged with their children and their school experience.

Newly secured resources, Building Assets Reducing Risks through Hazelden, will help to expand the student mentoring program into grades eight and nine beginning in the fall of 2016.

aThese grants often work together and are intertwined to help our students and parents to be more successful in education and in life,a concludes Meld. aFor example, a student may be involved in the seventh grade group mentoring program funded by our YIP grant. As the relationship develops between the mentor and student, the mentor may learn that a student has an interest in robotics, gardening or photography. While YIP funds may not be available to support exploration of an interest, Otto Bremer grant funds could be used to purchase cameras for student use, photo processing or a workshop led by a professional photographer.

xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#”>WACCI Receives Econet Foundation Grant of USD 600,000 For PhD Scholarships in Plant Breeding | University of Ghana HomeWACCI Receives Econet Foundation Grant of USD 600,000 For PhD Scholarships in Plant BreedingWACCI Receives Econet Foundation Grant of USD 600,000 For PhD Scholarships in Plant Breeding

The Econet Foundation has awarded a USD 600,000 grant to the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) for the training of 10 PhD students who recently enrolled in the flagship PhD programme in Plant Breeding at the University of Ghana. The students, who are from nine countries in West, East and Southern Africa, will be equipped with knowledge and skills in modern plant breeding to work towards transforming agriculture in their countries.

WACCI began as a 10-year project with initial funding from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to admit seven cohorts of students to undertake the innovative four-year programme in plant breeding. To date, AGRA has fully funded the training of 53 PhD students, in addition to providing core funding for running the Centre.

In order to sustain the programme beyond the AGRA-funded phase, WACCI competed for, and won, the World Bank Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) grant of USD 8 million to develop WACCI into a sustainable Centre of Excellence. This called for maintaining PhD enrollment at a minimum of 15 students per cohort for the period 2014 to 2018. Through the generosity of the DAAD-Germany and other projects, WACCI enrolled 15 PhD students in 2015. In January 2016, WACCI enrolled 16 students through grants from the Econet Foundation and the DAAD.

This Econet Foundation grant was made possible following the visit of the Governing Board of AGRA to WACCI in April 2015, which left a positive impression with the Board Chair of AGRA, Mr. It is a tremendous motivating force for us, to see him endorse the WACCI programme by funding it. Masiyiwa’s dream for Africa – A food secure Africa- and my dream as well will become a reality in our lifetime.”

About WACCI

The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) was established in 2007 as a partnership between the University of Ghana and Cornell University with initial funding from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to train plant breeders, at the PhD level, with expertise to improve the indigenous crops that feed the people of the sub-region. Since inception, the Centre has enrolled 98 PhD students from 15 African countries and graduated 28 students from three cohorts. The Centre has also attracted over USD 26 million from multiple donors for the training of the next generation of Plant Breeders for Africa.

About Econet

Econet is a privately held diversified telecommunications group with operations and investments in Africa, Europe, South America, North America and the East Asia Pacific Rim, offering products and services in the core areas of mobile and fixed telephony services, broadband, internet, satellite and fibre optic networks. The Econet Foundation is at the centre of Econet’s network of corporate social responsibility programmes.

Mnangagwa defends Amai Mugabe’s philanthropy | The Herald Mnangagwa defends Amai Mugabe’s philanthropy

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Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday defended the distribution of agricultural equipment by First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe saying there was nothing amiss in what she was doing.

He was responding to questions from legislators during question time who also wanted to know why the implements were being delivered at political rallies.

“The First Lady has a right to deliver the equipment.
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The term “for-impact” recognises philanthropists are no longer simply focusing their attention on Not for Profit organisations but are exploring how impact investment, social enterprise and mission aligned investment approaches might help them meet their impact goals.

But while the world of philanthropy has increased in size and has more tools at its disposal, the way philanthropy looks in terms of its structures and processes is largely a relic of time. But in the recent past this wasn’t necessarily the case.

From 2011 to 2013 the Leading Learning in Education and Philanthropy (LLEAP) research project asked philanthropists, Not for Profits and schools which audiences in education should be prioritised for support. We work with highly intelligent, successful people who are putting funds into philanthropy to have impact and they are willing to be challenged by projects and funding requests that aren’t necessarily “sexy” but are ultimately about providing the right outcomes for the community.

Internationally, we’re watching very carefully the work coming out of groups like Stanford’s Global Projects Centre and their Unpack Impact project examining how the for-impact sector engages end-users in decision making processes and project design. It’s important then, they continue to be part of the solution, and remove themselves from being part of the problem.

(The Nexus Australia Youth Summit brought together social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, impact investors and business leaders aged under 40 to collaborate with social change leaders around solutions to social issues.)

About the author: Caitriona Fay is National Manager of Philanthropy and Non Profit Services at Perpetual Private the wealth advice arm of Perpetual LTd.

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From left, senior Trevor Hasty, junior Daniel Troup and senior William West watch as MTSU School of Agribusiness and Agriscience professor Song Cui demonstrates unmanned aircraft systems.(Photo: Middle Tennessee State University)

MURFREESBOROA a Middle Tennessee State University’s School of Agribusiness and Agriscience received the largest federal grant in its history as part of a three-university project about land management, according to a university release.

The $714,000 grant announced in FebruaryA will be distributed among MTSU, Texas A&M University and Sam Houston State University in Texas as part of a project that focuses on precision agriculture and agroecological education and research.

aWe will be setting up a very strong agroecological research site here in Middle Tennessee,a saidA Song Cui, the project leader andA assistant professor in the School of Agribusiness and Agriscience.

Grant fundsA reimburse the costs of those exams once passed.

Upon completion of the entrance requirements, candidates must take and pass two required courses: Classroom Management and Tests, Measurements and Evaluations.A The grant covers the cost of 12 semester hours for each participant as well as required textbooks and a few other supplies.

After meeting requirements, candidates are eligible to receive a three-year interim educator license and can be employed by a school district in the appropriate mathematics and science subject area.

After receiving a teacher contract, program participants are then enrolled in an internship course for fall and winter where they are monitored in their classrooms and attend Saturday learning sessions.