By Bill Herrin | Project Manager
A group of 14 "Friends of Yimbo" recently returned from a trip to the area where they helped villagers with our ongoing projects. This was the 5th time friends from the US have visited and, as usual, all thought the trip was successful and personally rewarding.
Since my last report, the women's microenterprise venture to raise chickens has fully taken off. 27 of the 28 original participants have fully functioning structures with an average of 15 chickens each. They're selling chicks and eggs and managing it all quite well after taking bookkeeping training before getting started.
The water borehole and pumping station are providing clean, safe water right now, and the piped water project to which I referred in the last report is also moving forward. Our local committee in Yimbo sent a written proposal to their Member of Parliament for funding. In response, the Government's Constituency Development Fund allocated $20,000 to pipe water from the nearest village already in the network as part of the PENWA (Pi En Ngima Water Association) Project. The plan is to run the main pipe to the future site of the planned village health clinic (you may recall me mentioning this in an earlier report). From there, individual households can pay to run a line to their dwellings. The whole project will cost about $35,000 to bring the pipe to the clinic site, so we need to raise about $15,000 more.
The travelers brought with them over 88 books for the school library built by Friends of Yimbo. They also brought over 500 tee-shirts along with sanitary kits and health kits. Basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls, and even a BINGO game also found their way to Yimbo. Among other things, the volunteers helped repair classroom desks, conducted some teacher training and helped set up at tent for movie nights with the movies provided by Friends. A village forum was also held for the local folk to voice their preferences for future Friends of Yimbo projects. There are some interesting ones that I'm sure I'll tell you about before too long.
So until next time, thank you again for your support for the people of Yimbo. Your help is always appreciated.
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