Rosa Mystica Rest Home Grain Grinder Income Generating Project

Gulu Region;  Rosa Mystica Rest Home Grain Grinder income generating project is finally up and running, however not up to par.  There is sediment in the grain. The service person is charging these poor elderly sisters way too much! Although they have made some money it is a very slow start. Thanks to Terence, we have brought a trusted technician from Awere to help and he says the settings were all wrong!  He has to take it apart and re set it. At least we now know how to help them better. Sister Palma walks with a crutch and is there every day trying to eek out a living for them from this project!  We also buy wood burning African scenes to sell with our crafts for their income generation as well as hand made cards.  They are putting in a proposal for a chicken - eggs and broilers income generating project.  We think we have to start slow though - maybe with 50 rather than 150 and if they live grow it from there. The building they have for it has no ventilation and the chickens die so will have to be modified or new constructed. Lots to review with our board when we get home!  Three more groups in this area are requesting help at this time, yet we have some priorities up north. We have relayed that it could take years for us to have enough funding - patience or try looking for other funding sources as well. So hard as so much need!!
Bosco will help set up their quarter acre drip irrigation kit, fix some parts and plant the vegetable seeds brought by Brenda!  We actually bought cabbage, sumawiki, egg plant, tomatoe, onion, green pepper seeds for all areas for drip irrigation!  Fun to give these out. So dry they will need to wait to plant till end feb or march.