IR major heads to Ghana with EWB

Third year International Relations major Tania Sanchez (at right) is heading to Ghana for four months this summer as a Junior Fellow with Engineers Without Borders (EWB).  Tania will be working in northern Ghana's Tamale District, where she will be traveling to different communities to interview farmers and conduct a detailed assessment of EWB’s Agriculture As a Business (AAB) strategy.  The goal of the AAB strategy is to help rural farmers switch from subsistence to market-oriented agricultural production, generating more farm revenues that can then be put towards other household and farm expenses, such as school fees for their children, medicine, and seeds.  Her objective will be to determine the strategy's impacts on farmers and bottlenecks in its implementation.  Based on her findings and observations, Tania will then be expected to make recommendations to the long-term EWB volunteers.  Upon returning to Windsor in the fall, Tania will volunteer with the local on-campus chapter of EWB to help raise awareness of international development issues and share her experiences with the campus and broader Windsor communities.

If you want to read more about Tania's experiences while working as EWB Junior Fellow in Ghana this summer, you can check out her blog on the EWB Windsor website. The department wishes Tania good luck during her time in Ghana!