AALV Announcements
Help Sponsor New Farms for New Americans Today!
New American farmers are hard at work in the farm field, planting seeds and starts and learning the basics of farming in Vermont. The project helps African women (and a few men) utilize farming skills acquired overseas, earn extra income for their households, provide healthy food for their families, and form bonds of social support.
You can support this exciting project! The AALV is actively soliciting donations of watering cans, hoes, shovels, trowels, harvest knives, garden hose, and wheel barrows. The project is also hoping to purchase a used 12-passenger van. We’ve raised $7,000, but we need to reach our goal of $12,000 to transport all participants back and forth to the garden plot and to local farmers’ markets. To help, phone us at 985-3106 or email Josie Weldon at josieweldon.aalv@yahoo.com.
Workforce Development that Benefits all Vermonters
Did you read the article in Seven Days? Would you like to learn more about how refugee and immigrant workforce development will benefit Vermont? The audio slide show below was produced by AALV intern Ned Castle in collaboration with members of our community.
Whether you are an African living in Vermont, an African on the Continent or in the Diaspora, or a non-African, we warmly welcome you to our new website.
Schedule a language interpreter online with AALVInterpret or call 985-3106.
Radio Africa: Review song playlists. You can listen live to Radio Africa every Sunday afternoon from 1 until 3 p.m. on WWPV (88.7 FM) in the Burlington area or online here.
