Princeton's Africa Development Initiative Otherwise known as PADI

IMAGINE RWANDA: the Genocide, Orphan Education and Development

Two days of events from April 5-6 remembering the Rwandan genocide, while looking forward into the future.
 
There will be a contest for poetry, art and development ideas, a lecture by social activists Paul Rudatsikira and Ingrid Inema, and a evening prayer vigil in memory of those who died in the genocide.

We are seeking entries for poetry, prose, photography, visual art, dance, song, AND one-page development proposals on the themes of the conference, or simply "Imagine Rwanda". Selected entries will be displayed and/or performed during the two-day event series from April 5-6, 2010.
 
Deadline for entry submission is April 1st, 2010, 5pm.

Required Sign-up at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHNqVlpGNU5iTlN4SXQ1UllvZTNHc2c6MA

E-mail padi@princeton.edu to submit entries and to obtain more information.

PADI Brunch

Hey everyone, join us for brunch on Saturday (2/6) at 12:30 pm in Wilcox! We'll just chat about ideas for the coming term.

The Water Crisis in Africa

On behalf of Princeton's Africa Development Initiative (PADI) and WaterWatch, we would like to invite you to participate in our Water Crisis in Africa Colloquium, on Friday, November 13th, from 4:30 - 6:30pm (followed by dinner, please RSVP here only 25 seats for dinner available). Frist 307.

The order of events is as follows:

4.30-4.35pm Introduction by Kulani Jalata '12
4.35-5.00pm Screening of video on Lake Koka in Ethiopia
5.00-5.45pm Panel discussion on the water crisis in Africa
5.50pm-6.20pm Presentation on Jorit Water Project (Funded by PEI Grand Challenges and the Kathryn W. Davis 100 Projects for Peace fund) by Fatu Conteh '10 and Hassen Yesuf '10
6.20pm-6.30pm Closing remarks by Megan Prier '11 (WaterWatch) and Sabrina Szeto '12 (PADI)
6.30pm onwards Dinner is provided

Jorit Water Project on Princeton homepage

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/56/13C37/index.xml?section=featured

PADI Meeting on Saturday!

We're having a PADI meeting Saturday (10/17) at Frist 201B from 2-3pm.

See you there!

Meeting Tonight

See you in Frist 206, 9-10pm. We'll end early so you can go watch/sing in the Archsing!

We have guests from WaterWatch, the African Graduate Students Association and hopefully the Running Club.

Take care,
Sabrina

Solar Drip Irrigation Systems

Today, Fatu talked about her work on the Jorit project over summer 2009. She also addressed ways that the well project needs to be improved during the summer of next year. Would there be a way to improve the well project by drilling deeper wells, and then implementing a solar-powered water pump to ensure that there is a reliable source of water consistently? I did a little research and saw that the Solar Electric Light Fund has a project up that may be relevant reading for us:

Source: Solar Electric Light Fund

Maybe this is something we can discuss at a future meeting! Since they want to drill these wells in December 2009, if we want to throw a fundraiser for an organization (in addition to our own fundraisers for Jorit), they would be a good recipient? We could definitely bring a SELF person to campus to talk about the different projects/experiences... What does everyone else think?

I hope everyone is having a good weekend! See you all on Thursday!

Yours in sustainable development,
Eden

PADI Officers

Congratulations to our new officers!

Treasurer: Jillian Berardini
Secretary/Publicist: Brittany Cesarini
Vice-President: Eden Full

Our officers from last year are:

Senior Adviser: Fatu Conteh
President: Sabrina Szeto

Strategy Session + Elections this Saturday

We are holding our strategy session and elections this coming Saturday...

3rd October, 2-3pm in Frist 206.

Check back here in case there are updates! Sorry for the error I made in the e-mail.