Fellowship Program on Nonviolence and Peace - IFPNP

International Dialogue on

Securing Sustainable Water Sources  and Grassroots Development in Rural Africa

 On  January 19, 2024 at 4 pm IST

International Online Fellowship Program on Nonviolence & Peace -II (IFPNP-II)
 Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan Wardha, MS, India 
in association with 
Gandhi International,  France
Academic University College for Non-violence and Human Rights- AUNOHR, Lebanon
MGM University, Chh. Sambhajinagar,Aurangabad, MS, India

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Welcome : Dr. Siby K. Joseph ,Director, IFPNP, Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan

Moderator :Prof. Prem Anand Mishra , Dean, Faculty of Gandhian Studies, Gujarat Vidyapith

Keynote Address : Ms.Heather C. Cumming

Executive Director and Founder S.S.A.A.P.

Simwatachela Sustainable Agricultural and Arts Program 

Zambia and Sierra Leone

 Dialogue with Participants and Fellows

Concluding Remark: Prof D. John Chelladurai ,  Dean, Interdisciplinary Studies and HOD, Gandhian Studies, MGM University

Heather C. Cumming

Heather C. Cumming is Executive Director and Founder S.S.A.A.P. Simwatachela Sustainable Agricultural and Arts Program (www.ssaap.org) Zambia and Sierra Leone was   born in U.S.A. (Ohio) in 1979, and a U.S. citizen. She lived in Zambia since 2004, and also a citizen of Zambia.  She has been spending 2/3 of her time in Africa   mainly in Zambia and Sierra Leone and rest in U.S.A.  She had her education and specializations  from University of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.; University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, U.K.  She holds  Bachelor of Science in Humanities and the Arts, with a focus on Art History,Philosophy, Sociology, and Fine Arts; University of Colorado at Boulder,Colorado, U.S.A.  She came to India in 2017-18 to study Gandhian Philosophy and Nonviolence at  Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad,  Gujarat .  She was United States Peace Corps Volunteer in  rural Zambia, Africa 2004-2006  In 2007-2008  she was at Dzong (Jhong) Village, Nepal: teaching English to monk children in the village; Khwopa College in Bhaktapur, Nepal and Everest Engineering and Management College in Kathmandu, Nepal teaching Humanities and the Arts (Poetry/Sociology/Writing/Public Speaking)  She had also experience in  Nursing (CNA/QMAP) work both as home-health nurse and in nursing facilities in Colorado and Florida, U.S.A. In 2009 she founded S.S.A.A.P.  and has been  organizing  a number of  programmes in the field in rural  Africa, and also fundraising activities in U.S.A. She consider water as  gold  and engaged in securing sustainable water sources in rural Africa and engaged in grass root development. The  mission  of her organization is to alleviate starvation by securing a sustainable water source; to promote sustainable agriculture and nutrition; and to promote empowerment through income-generating activities.