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Activity Report: Benin
In the village of Gbeto, of the southern region od Atlanticue, training food processing and literacy classes are organized. A community group, mostly including women, has been empowered to improve their incom.
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Implementation of training in tapioca production and sanitation.
The town of Gbeto's food production industry began in December, 2004. Production of gari (a food product made from cassava root) by a group of women is proceeding smoothly. In order for the women to be able to receive an income, a food quality check and sanitation program was carried out for one week in October of 2005. Further training was also conducted in the production of tapioca, another food product made from cassava roots.
Sanitation management included measures like the thorough washing of hands and feet, the peeling of cassava roots on a sheet to avoid mixing them with dirt, and the wearing of masks during gari drying. At first the women were resistant to wearing the unfamiliar masks, but they soon got used to them and began to remind each other to keep them on. They also received careful instruction on each step in the tapioca production process.
The details of this production process was also printed on a large sheet of paper and posted on the wall of the production area. At the end of the training each of the women copied the information into her notes. In this way they were able to review what they had learned. It was a moment that demonstrated the success of another project carried out in Gbeto: literacy training.
Further training in the preparation of food products is planned, including cookie making and the use of discarded cassava peel as beds to cultivate mushrooms.
(2006.03)
Now the women from community group can read memo from the training. |
Wearing the masks during sifting granule cassava roots.
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List of development projects: Benin 2004-2007 （Project name／Target group, number）
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Past Field Reports; Benin （Project name／Target group, number）
- Diary of HFW Head Office Staff／July 2006
- Power of Art in community development／December 2005
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