The written plan for the chicken house. |
They decided not to use the lintels we bought to go above
the door as the steel doorframe will provide enough support for the bricks
above the door. They then humored me into adapting the plan for the back
windows. Instead of three equally sized 0.7 meter wide windows, we now have two
0.7m windows framing a 1.3m window.
Give than chickens need ample sunlight in order to lay well,
I am excited by the new plan. We will end up two 0.9m lintels leftover, but at
least that is less wasted money than if we did not use the larger ones.
Since I will be working my PCVL role with Peace Corps while
the guys finish the roof and floor, Abuti Sama and I took a few minutes to go
over the location of the supplies. When I return from facilitating an In
Service Training for other volunteers and their counterparts, construction will
actually be done!
From there, we will arrange for someone to burglar proof the windows and door. The cage builder will return to finish things. Then, we go to the Ministry of Agriculture to order our 200 chickens.
Before the chickens arrive, which can take up to two months,
we have a few other things to do. Although we have already done initial
business and accounting trainings, we are going to do more specific budgeting
training. It is vital that the women in MCCC budget and save to buy feed and
medicine every three months as well as new chickens annually.
Goofing off with my brother Thabo on the job site. |
MCCC’s Egg Laying Chicken Project has been in development since March 2015. After many delays, MCCC and I were able to write a successful grant proposal for a VAST grant through Peace Corps. VAST grants are funded by PEPFAR to help with HIV-related work and OVC (Orphan and Vulnerable Children) care. It is due to MCCC’s work with OCVs that qualified us for the VAST grant. Otherwise, we would have applied for a PCPP [Peace Corps Partnership Program] grant and would have been asking for assistance in funding this grant proposal. I encourage you to consider supporting other PCPP projects.
Posts about this project include:
Workshop Woe, Busiest
of Birthdays, Checking
Out Chickens, A Day with
Bo-’M’e, Chicken Coop Construction Day
One, Day
Two, Day,
Three, Day Four, Day Five
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