Mission Statement
ISCA-AIDC is a non-governmental, independent, not-for-profit organization with a goal of supporting developing communities throughout the world in their endeavor to improve their livelihoods.
ISCA-AIDC's work is centered on sustainable agricultural development with a focus on livestock health management and marketing, through a participatory, knowledge-sharing approach in partnership with local communities, governments, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions and international agencies.
ISCA-AIDC believes in the right to self-determination, the dignity of each individual and incorporates dialogue, mutual respect, fairness and consideration of local culture, resources and capacities in all its activities.
The Team
Lloyd Dalziel currently serves as Chair of ISCA-AIDC. Lloyd has over 20 years of experience in program design and delivery. Since 2005, Lloyd has worked in Haiti on a regular basis, gaining extensive experience particularly in agricultural project administration and collaboration with development partners. Through volunteer work with CANADEM, United Nations Peace Keeping Missions, and with the Organization of American States, Lloyd has worked internationally (Haiti, South East Asia, Africa) in some capacities for many years and has gained a deep understanding of cultural diversity and the need for long-term, sustainable development research and assistance.
For the past three years, Lloyd has served as team leader for faculty and students from the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, traveling to Haiti annually to deliver knowledge-sharing activities focusing on livestock production in rural Haiti. Last year, Lloyd was co-recipient of a grant from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to administer a 4-week module focusing on small-scale agriculture business development and livestock production in Haiti. This project was successfully delivered in the spring of 2011.
Dr. Fabienne Uehlinger currently serves as Co-Chair of ISCA-AIDC. She is a board-certified (large animal internal medicine) veterinarian and holds a PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology. Fabienne has worked with Haitian farmers on various occasions over the past few years. While her hands-on clinical experience with animal health and disease is fundamentally important to one of ISCA-AIDC's objectives of improving lives through improved livestock management, her experience in veterinary epidemiology allows ISCA-AIDC to do apply appropriate needs assessments that help identify and deliver our sustainable projects.
Recently, Fabienne helped develop an animal health survey which was administered in Haiti in 2011 and whose results are currently being analyzed. It is this work 'on the ground' and with the local people that she is passionate about. Fabienne is the co-recipient of a grant from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to administer a 4-week module focusing on small-scale agriculture business development and livestock production in Haiti. This project was successfully delivered in the spring of 2011.
David MacKay currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer of ISCA-AIDC. David is an agri-food business consultant working both internationally and in the Atlantic region. He has previous work experience in Haiti where he presented a value chain model workshop to promote a business approach to livestock production. His experiences working with the cooperative model in the Atlantic region has been the basis of a cooperative model transferable to other regions throughout the world.
David ensures that development initiatives have the infrastructure and support necessary to succeed. This development aspect is critical to the ISCA-AIDC model of sustainable development. He has worked to foster sustainable community development right here at home through his work with a variety of community based organizations including the PEI Organic Producers Co-op, Farmer's Markets, PEI Eco-Net Co-op, and other Atlantic region NGO's.
Florence Larkin has been working in international development for 30 years. Her first experience was with CUSO in Nigeria in the early 1980s. Since then, she has worked in over 14 countries working on development issues such as credit union development, community development, civil society development, micro finance, gender development, child rights, and special education. She has extensive experience working in Africa, having completed four long term assignments in the West Africa region. She has worked for a number of international development organizations including Canadian Cooperative Association, Foundation for International Training, Save the Children UK, and CIDA. Additionally, she has worked with new immigrants to Canada and at a First Nations school in northern Canada.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of PEI, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Lethbridge and a Masters Degree in Rural Extension Studies from the University of Guelph.