From July 2006 to August 2007, Josephine worked with CARE International in Zambia managing the Scaled Sorghum Commercialization Project. The project was to build a market value chain of sorghum combining stimulation of production, managing the processing and encouraging marketing of the transformed product. Through the 13 months working on this project, Josephine has trained [...]
Here is an excerpt from the letter:
During Josephine’s time at CARE International Zambia, she implemented and analyzed the sorghum market value chain. The process was broken in three steps; production, processing and marketing. in production, Josephine was instrumental in forming farmers based organizations in the bulking of a drought tolerant cereal crop sorghum. Next, [...]
February 14th 2009
To the Selection Committee of Sauve Scholars,
Moving to Zambia for four months for an Engineers Without Border’s development fellowship carried a lot of risks. Health concerns aside, I was 21 years old, and passionately wanted to make a difference in the world. I was well aware that this idealism was not unique to [...]
Sorghum Cultivation in Zambia
EWB volunteer Josephine Tsui is currently working with CARE Zambia, assisting in a market driven sorghum pilot project. The Southern Province of Zambia has been hit with frequent droughts, suffering an estimated loss of 40-65% of crops last year. The vast majority of rural Zambians live in extreme poverty, and nearly all [...]
Josephine Tsui in Zambia Wabonwa! My name is Josephine from the University of Calgary. I was previously involved in EWB for three years through the Chapter at the U of C. After graduating, I traveled the globe and eventually worked for the Calgary Workers’ Resource Centre. In the summer of 2006 I decided to leave [...]