8-5-2010

8-5-2010
Project updates: Surveys have been a great success. Have had a chance to meet with many farmers and discuss their food storage needs, and feel like I am coming to a legitimate understanding of the issue here. The Bishop has asked that I stay involved in the project, and is really interested to know if I would be able to help the region construct some food storage facilities in Parish communities, that would be available to the communities (not just church members) for food storage. I told him that I would look into it, and see what role I could play.

Through a friend in the government planning office here, I found a man in Orkesmet, Simanjiro, who has experience constructing food storage facilities for small scale growers, and I’m going to plan a trip this week via bus (too far on a piki-piki;).

Will update once I return from Simanjiro.