The Zambia Net-Works Project
- Pennywise works to bring together potential partners so that impact can increase exponentially. We support programming and planning that will help ensure that effective initiatives last and grow over time. We research possibilities for collaborations and provide the technical assistance to make them happen. Specifically, we offer professional facilitation; conduct strategic and budget planning and advise on best practices in evaluation and outcomes measurement.
- Pennywise has offered technical assistance to projects in Zambia, Brazil and the Caribbean.
Contact us for more information about our technical assistance projects or with project ideas.
PROJECT ADVISORS
MICHAEL HECKENBERGER | Principal Investigator, Amazon Hope Collective
mheck@ufl.edu
Michael Heckenberger Ph.D. (Associate Professor, University of Florida) has worked with indigenous peoples in the Amazon for over 25 years, particularly the Kuikuro of the Xingu Indigenous Territory (TIX) in the southern Brazilian Amazon. His research with the Kuikuro has revealed the remarkable cultural history of Xinguano groups over the past millennium, published in several books and prominent articles in Science, The Royal Society, and elsewhere. His work has also involved collaboration with the Kuikuro people on community-based projects to improve public health, heritage preservation and ecological conservation, most recently, the Kuikuro Cultural Center or "Casa da Cultura" project (2014-present). This center aims to provide a base of operations and a venue to represent indigenous culture and interact with outsiders from broader regional, national and international society.
mheck@ufl.edu
Michael Heckenberger Ph.D. (Associate Professor, University of Florida) has worked with indigenous peoples in the Amazon for over 25 years, particularly the Kuikuro of the Xingu Indigenous Territory (TIX) in the southern Brazilian Amazon. His research with the Kuikuro has revealed the remarkable cultural history of Xinguano groups over the past millennium, published in several books and prominent articles in Science, The Royal Society, and elsewhere. His work has also involved collaboration with the Kuikuro people on community-based projects to improve public health, heritage preservation and ecological conservation, most recently, the Kuikuro Cultural Center or "Casa da Cultura" project (2014-present). This center aims to provide a base of operations and a venue to represent indigenous culture and interact with outsiders from broader regional, national and international society.
Wetherbee Dorshow |
wdorshow@earthanalytic.com
Wetherbee Dorshow is president and owner of Earth Analytic, Inc. (EAI). Wetherbee also serves as the Executive Director of The GIS Institute, a not-for-profit organization that investigates human adaptations to environmental change with advanced geospatial technology and science. Wetherbee also is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Anthropology Dept. at the University of New Mexico. Wetherbee has over 27 years of experience as a professional archaeologist, scientist, GIS analyst and web developer. Wetherbee has earned a Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology (Archaeology) and an MA, Anthropology (Archaeology) from the University of New Mexico, as well as a BA, Anthropology from the University of Vermont.
wdorshow@earthanalytic.com
Wetherbee Dorshow is president and owner of Earth Analytic, Inc. (EAI). Wetherbee also serves as the Executive Director of The GIS Institute, a not-for-profit organization that investigates human adaptations to environmental change with advanced geospatial technology and science. Wetherbee also is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Anthropology Dept. at the University of New Mexico. Wetherbee has over 27 years of experience as a professional archaeologist, scientist, GIS analyst and web developer. Wetherbee has earned a Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology (Archaeology) and an MA, Anthropology (Archaeology) from the University of New Mexico, as well as a BA, Anthropology from the University of Vermont.