Erik de Jong

Field visit 5 Xinzhuang Elementary School | SHANTU Archive

Our MOE friends visited today to look at the progress of this exciting project, and the children presented their findings and experiences of the past few weeks in English. Their presentations all agreed on the fact that they learned a lot about farming and they think it is hard work. Also, the children were happy […]

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Global Health Capacity Building | SHANTU Archive

Global health capacity Project One of the three core SHANTU projects Build a global health workforce Help with centralizing and standardizing COVID-19 health data Connect students from different countries ◦Assisting with data  sharing and visualization. Share experience and expertise ◦Attend weekly strategy meeting with health workers in Mzuzu, Malawi  on updates with COVID-19 situation in

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COVID-19 response | SHANTU Archive

COVID-19 response Project One of the three core SHANTU projects Data centralization Help with centralizing and standardizing COVID-19 health data Data visualization ◦Assisting with data  sharing and visualization. Stay up-to-date on local sittusation ◦Attend weekly strategy meeting with health workers in Mzuzu, Malawi  on updates with COVID-19 situation in Zimba North District. In response to

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Field visit 3&4 Xinzhuang Elementary School | SHANTU Archive

During the third visit to the school gardens on August 13, romaine lettuce sprouts were planted in the rooftop garden. The groups have diligently planted the young plants in neat rows, while making sure to dig channels on each side of the lines for rainwater. Then they ploughed the elevated rows of soil with spades

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Field visit 2 Xinzhuang Elementary School | SHANTU Archive

Today’s visit was all about learning how to grow one of Taiwan’s indigenous vegetables; sweet potato leaves. They have been introduced in Taiwan a long time ago and have become a very popular staple food. This vegetable is easy to grow and is full of nutrients and vitamins; they are an excellent source of antioxidants and contain high

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WASH | SHANTU Archive

WASH & Nutrition Project One of the three core SHANTU projects Evaluation of school gardens Collaborations with Malawi community development team: created draft of school garden evaluation tool for Malawi context Gain hands-on experiences By active participation in school gardens in Taiwan. Visits to Xinzhuang Elementary School to learn best practices of urban school gardens

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