Many CSC alumni are involved in research or development projects where they would welcome collaboration or support from other alumni.
Youth community project in Ghana
Strengthening teaching capacity in Cameroon
Engineers Without Borders
Research on Security Rrofessionals
Solar Village project
Youth community project in Ghana
Alumnus Emma Broadbent (MA Religious Studies, University of the Cape Coast, 2006 - 2007) still has strong links with Cape Coast, Ghana, where she held her CSFP award. Emma and some of her friends in the local area formed a youth organisation to benefit the local community. A shop and gym were introduced to provide support for activities which include, undertaking some beach and town cleaning, and to teach younger children in the area about HIV/AIDS. Emma is looking to raise funds to help the project over the coming year, and has set up a website which provides more information on the youth project’s work and allows people to make donations. Find out more about Emma’s work in Cape Coast at:
http://www.wix.com/emmabroadbent/jahcapecoast
Strengthening teaching capacity in Cameroon
Can you donate old equipment or resources for Dr Catherine Ade’s teacher training college in Cameroon?
Engineers Without Borders
Alumnus Parker Mitchell (MPhil Development Studies, Cambridge, 2001 - 2002) is co-CEO of Engineers Without Borders, a non-profit organisation that comprises different national groups that work toward improving the quality of life of disadvantaged communities worldwide through education and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, utilising the skills of engineers and engineering students.
Research on Security Rrofessionals
Dr David Last (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD International Relations, LSE, 1982 - 1984), who has spent thirty years in the Canadian Forces, is now a Professor at the Canadian Royal Military College. He is carrying out research on the comparative education of security professionals, particularly the development of transnational communities of practice. More details are on the research page of his website at www.davidmlast.org. David would welcome communication with alumni with similar research interests.
Solar Village project
Professor I M Dharmadasa (PhD Solid State Electronics, Durham University, 1977-80) is Professor and Head of Electronic Materials & Sensors Group at Sheffield Hallam University, and has dedicated his career to Research, Development and Commercialisation of thin film solar cells, and promoting the use of solar energy. His "Solar Village" project will enable deprived communities in Sri Lanka and other developing countries with no access to power to use solar energy to improve their quality of life, providing them with water and power. Professor Dharmadasa's planned tour in July 2010, focuses on monitoring the progress of the pilot solar village and replication of these projects in Sri Lanka, establishing research and application programmes in Qatar and initiation of Solar Islands in the Maldives.
Find out more about the Solar Village project at:
http://apsl.org.uk/dharme/Featuring%20Articles/Solar%20Villages.pdf
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