The Sparkman Center for Global Health is offering five student scholarships to attend a two-week intensive training course held at the Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT), May 15-28, 2011.
Learn roof-top gardening, build a simple solar cooker, make leaf concentrate to treat malnourished children, learn some simple technologies for clean water and sanitation, build fuel-efficient cookstoves, learn to preserve foods and "refrigerate" without electricity and much more.

To apply for a scholarship, send a 500 word essay on how you envision using the skills learned in this course to impact community development in a future project or career by Friday, April 22nd to Heather White hwhite@uab.edu. Scholarship winners will be announced on Monday, April 26th. Preference given to students who can attend the entire two weeks of training. For questions, contact Heather White (UAB) at hwhite@uab.edu or Kathy Bryson (SIFAT) at brysonk@sifat.org.