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| Roy Palmer, executive director of Aquaculture without Frontiers |
Below is an extract by Roy Palmer, director of Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF). The column appears in the January/February 2014 edition of International Aquafeed magazine, available now in English, Spanish and Chinese.
I was pleased that we had an excellent Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) session at Asian Pacific Aquaculture in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We titled the session 'Stirring Stories', and so they were. People who donate their time to find solutions for the poor; needy and hungry - it's a heartwarming feeling.
The session was jointly chaired by AwF founder Michael New OBE and myself, and there were nine presentations alongside the opportunity for some good Q&A time.
2014 marks an important time for our organization - we are entering our second decade and with this we are making some changes to the way we operate. This is all about he organisation maturing and developing as it evolves from humble but important beginnings. AwF has a strong foundation and is now working to create strategic alliances as a key part of its long-term plan. We will still rely heavily on the generosity of the incredible people who have been involved in AwF from its early days, but we will hopefully see the organisation becoming the charity that communities, governments and other charities look to for expertise and help with aquaculture activities aiding the alleviation of poverty and malnutrition.
Read the full column here.