News

Job opportunities

Bees for Development is recruiting!

We are delighted to announce three exciting job opportunities:

Ghana - Programme Director

UK Information Officer

UK Communications support

For details please go to the careers section of our website: www. beesfordevelopment.org Applicants must be eligible for employment in the respective nation.

Funding opportunities

The Beit Trust www.beittrust.org.uk

Applications for grants are considered on merit. Trustees do not often give grants to government organisations and do not fund “start-ups”. Instead, they support established, independent institutions, in particular schools, hospitals and health centres. Trustees seek to maintain, as far as possible, an equitable distribution of grants between Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Next deadline, 31 May 2023

The Segal Family Foundation

www.segalfamilyfoundation.org

Organizations that are more likely to be considered for a grant are small and early stage, have an annual budget ranging between $10,000 and $500,000, can demonstrate at least one full year of operations and successful fundraising to support such operations. They must have paid staff as well as a board of directors or advisory committee. They must be legally registered as a non-profit organization in the country of operations. Please Note: We do not provide funding to create new organizations. We do not support solely research or advocacy-based organizations. We do not support local affiliates of international organizations. We do not fund individuals.

Resource Centre

Interesting news for people working in beekeeping and development. Register and subscribe: www.resources.beesfordevelopment.org/sign-up

Connect with us on social media

Like us on Facebook

Like us on Instagram

Follow us @BeesForDev on Twitter

Follow Bees for Development Journal Distribution Hubs

Follow @beesfordevelopment on TikTok

Courses

Bees for Development Sustainable Beekeeping Course:

22-23 April 2023

Wakelyns Farm, Suffolk

Bees for Development Sustainable Beekeeping Course:

29-30 April and 16-17 September 2023

Ragman’s Farm, Gloucestershire

Skep hackles and floors with Chris Park and Bees for Development:

10 June 2023

Yew Tree Inn, Ross on Wye HR9 6JZ

Introduction to Skep Beekeeping with Chris Park and Bees for Development:

5 August 2023

Westmill Farm, Watchfield (Swindon)

For details: www.shop.beesfordevelopment.org

Paper copies

We recognise the importance of providing paper copies of Bees for Development Journal. In recent years international mail delivery has become hugely expensive, as well as sometimes unreliable. We have therefore established BfD Journal Distribution Hubs, where paper copies are available, free of charge, in co-operation with the organisations below.

Ethiopia: Bees for Development Ethiopia, Bahir Dar

Ghana: Bees for Development Ghana, Saltpond

India: Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu and Under the Mango Tree (UTMT) Society, Mumbai

Nigeria: Modern Beekeeping Extension, Kano State

Rwanda: Beeautiful Creations, Muhanga

Trinidad & Tobago: BfDJ T&T Hub, Mesopotamia,

Uganda: The Uganda National Apicultural Development Organisation (TUNADO), Kampala

Zimbabwe: Working for Bees, Rusape

Printed copies of BfD Journal will be handed out at local and national beekeeping events and are freely available for pick-up.

If you are in any of these countries and would like printed copies of BfDJ, please email info@beesfordevelopment.org We continue to work with our partners in other countries and regions to establish more Hubs and will provide details as these are confirmed.

Please contact us if you wish to help with distributing the Journal by becoming a Hub. Paying subscribers will continue to receive BfDJ by post.

Dauda Sani Abbas, Chairman

Modern Beekeeping Extension Kano, in Kano State Nigeria with copies of recent Bees for Development Journals. © Dauda Sani Abbas