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PRACTICUM, SEMINARS & TRAINING

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SIFAT training is offered in several areas (click topic for more info):

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SIFAT International Training Practicum- Sept. 1 - Nov. 7, 2008
Orientation : August 27-31, 2008

Learn concrete ways to make a difference in the lives of the poor around the world:

    • purify water
    • build a latrine
    • raise small animals for protein and income
    • start a village revolving loan fund for microenterprise
    • promote safe motherhood
    • learn sustainable agriculture
    • combat child malnutiriton with leaf protein extract
    • prevent tropical diseases
    • teach adults to read
    • learn key issues to improve child survival
    • build a solar cooker
    • make a low-cost sturdy house out of hay
    • teach HIV prevention
    • make energy from the sun, wind or water
    • learn how to give vaccinations
    • preserve foods
    • sharpen your cross-cultural skills
    • network with international development agencies
    • write a project proposal
    • ...and much more

Join with grassroots community leaders from around the world to learn practical skills to help the poor help themselves in a context of Christian Community Development. Come to SIFAT's International Training Campus in Lineville, Alabama, for the ten-week summer practicum in appropriate technologies and Christian community development.

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Seminars and Workshops
Check back frequently for new listings of upcoming seminars and training events hosted at our Alabama Campus.
SIFAT partners with UAB / Sparkman Center for Global Health

SIFAT is partnering with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Sparkman Center for Global Health to offer periodic seminars/workshops combining the best in academic research with appropriate technologies in a community development context to address basic human needs essential to good health globally.

Seminars usually last one hour at UAB, usually at noon at the School of Public Health. Workshops at SIFAT are longer with hands-on practical components.

2008 Information:

SIFAT is partnering with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Sparkman Center for Global Health to offer these 2 courses:

  1. Field Study in World Hunger and Malnutrition: Practical Skills to Make a Difference. Join us in an intensive 10-day field training in food and nutrition: May 27-June 6, 2008. Visit the Field Study page for course objectives, costs and general information.


  2. Learn Practical Skills for Clean Water and Sanitation. This intensive 2-week course is offered Oct. 5-17, 2008.

For a sample curriculum, see information on previous offerings held both at UAB and at the SIFAT Campus:

Agriculture for Meeting Basic Human Needs

Killer in the Kitchen - Indoor Air Pollution

Leaf for Life

Low Cost Diagnosics of Infectious Diseases

Low Cost Water Testing Where There is No Lab

Focometer Training - Primary Eye Care & Vision Training

Team Training
Training is offered for team members and team leaders participating in SIFAT's Short-term Mission (STM) program to Ecuador and Bolivia. For more information on this program see our STM Team Leader page. Training is scheduled through Peggy Walker, International Team Coordinator, walkerp@sifat.org.

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