By Bill Herrin | Project Manager
Greetings from the Friends of Yimbo.
Things continue to go well with our effort to help the folks of Yimbo. As reported in my Summer 2013 update, the water project has been a success. Clean, safe water is available in the area for the very first time.
We're now working quite a bit with the Muguna (Yimbo area) Womens' Group to help them develop successful business opportunities. More specifically, the consultants mentioned in the summer 2013 update have used their expertise to help the women develop a business and marketing plan for raising chickens. Similar plans, developed with the help of the same consultants, to sell chickens and eggs that help satisfy a large and growing local demand have been successful in nearby communities. Our support will allow Muguna women to enter this lucrative market. I should be able to provide an update on their progress in my next report.
Our organization consults with the local community whenever we can. When the "Friends" are actually in Yimbo, we meet with locals in a "Village Forum," where conversations take place about what the community needs most. The conversation at last forum in summer 2012 coalesced around the need for a health clinic, which took priority over drilling the planned second water borehole. So we decided to make the construction and stocking of a clinic our next major project.
Finally, we held two successful fundraisers in California since my last update. The first was over the Labor Day weekend in Sacramento while the second, in Orange County, was just two weeks ago. Check out the pics at the link below.
If you're interested in meeting one of the founders of our organization and learning more about its history, check out the attached video.
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