Tuesday, 8 June 2010
On the 25th May 2010, Trevor Stevenson was invited to an awards ceremony held at the University of Bradford to receive the African MDG Achievers International Award in recognition of the work of Fields of Life in Africa.
The ceremony was held to honour 11 individuals in total for their work in trying to address the United Nations Milleniun Development Goals 2015 through their work. It is a great acheivement for Trevor and Fields of Life as the winners were selected from 230 nominations submitted from the UK, Europe, Africa and USA.
Fields of Life has come a long way since 1995, when Fields of Life began an agricultural project in Uganda. The work has developed and expanded into the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi not only in agriculture but education, health, water and micro enterprise projects. 2010 will see the 100th school built with over 40,000 children gaining an education. Water drilling has helped over 70,000 people gain access to safe, clean water. Micro enterprise projects have helped over 2400 families out of the poverty trap.
We are working together in partnership with the poorer countries named above to help in the areas of education, gender equality, trying to reduce infant mortality by providing safe, clean water, ensuring environmental sustainability and combating the spread of HIV / AIDS.