By James Malinga | Project leader
Lilis Community Bakery launched Cohort 2 this month with 30 new youth and women in Kyengera Town.
Training Update:
Despite no funding yet, we started Cohort 2 using our old charcoal stoves and borrowed bowls. Trainees meet 3x weekly to learn mixing, baking, hygiene, and pricing. But without an upgraded mixer + commercial oven, we can only train 10 students at a time and bake 40 loaves/day vs 200 loaves we planned. Cohort 1 graduates are volunteering as peer trainers, but equipment limits mean 50 youth on our waitlist can’t join.
We’re still at $0 of our $2,500 goal. No mixer. No commercial oven. Until donors fund these tools, training stays slow and profits stay low.
“I come daily but we wait hours to use 1 small bowl. I want to bake more and help my mother,” says Amina, 19, Cohort 2
“We’re teaching with charcoal because that’s all we have. A mixer would change everything,” says James, 21, Cohort 1 Apprentice.
Next step:
$250 buys mixing bowls + trays so 15 more youth train at once. $500 powers the oven for 3 months.
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