cases from tanzania - Sustainet
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Sustainable agriculture: A pathway out of poverty for East Africa’s rural poor<br />
Rael Jepchumba Korir<br />
Community development worker, ACK Eldoret Christian Community Services<br />
(CCS)<br />
PO Box 6495, Eldoret, Kenya. Tel. +254-54720-862948, email elreco@africaonline.co.ke, rajekov@yahoo.com<br />
Rael holds a certificate in agriculture and home economics <strong>from</strong> the Kilifi Institute of Agriculture.<br />
Her experience includes teaching and development work using participatory methodologies with<br />
rural communities.<br />
Selina Chepkorir Mayodi<br />
Community development worker, ACK Eldoret Christian Community Services<br />
(CCS)<br />
PO Box 6495, Eldoret, Kenya. Email elreco@africaonline.co.ke<br />
Selina holds a bachelor of science in agriculture <strong>from</strong> the University of Nairobi. Before joining CCS<br />
in 2004, she worked with PECOLIDO, a livestock development organization in Pokot. Her experience<br />
is in teaching, facilitating communities to design and implement their own projects, and in the<br />
use of participatory methodologies in organic farming and extension.<br />
Paul Mundy<br />
Independent consultant in development communication<br />
Weizenfeld 4, 51467 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. Tel. +49-2202-932 921, fax +49-2202-932 922, email<br />
paul@mamud.com, www.mamud.com<br />
Paul is a British consultant in development communication. He holds a PhD in journalism and mass<br />
communications <strong>from</strong> the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He specializes in easy-to-understand<br />
extension materials, developed through intensive writeshops like the one used to produce this book.<br />
He also provides consultancy services in various aspects of development communication. He has<br />
worked extensively in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa.<br />
John Namu Munene<br />
Assistant programme coordinator, Integrated Rural Development Programme,<br />
Diocese of Embu<br />
Diocese of Embu Development and Social Services Department, PO Box 884, Embu, Kenya. Tel. +254-68-<br />
31638, 31415, fax +254-68-30541, email munenenamu@yahoo.com<br />
John has worked with the Diocese of Embu Development and Social Services for the last 16 years<br />
in the field of community development. From 1989 to 1997 he was youth development coordinator,<br />
and since 1999 has been the assistant programme coordinator of the Diocese’s integrated rural development<br />
programme. He studied community development, development studies and rural development<br />
at the Uganda Institute of Development Studies. He has taken a lead role in institutionalizing<br />
a community-based savings and credit programme, which has over 4000 members and a capital base<br />
of KSh 30 million.<br />
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