Last night I dreamed about goats - bleating. This am as I left for my walk, there were 6 goats in a Heifer International truck - off to a rural family. This is a wonderful NGO and I value all of the Christmas donations that people have given me over the years. There are "Lynda" goats in many countries.
I leave for my walk at 6am every day but already there are many people walking to school and work. Bicycles are common here; private cars are not; there is a motorized vehicle with 3 wheels - the passengers sit in the back and the driver operates "scooter" controls in the front. Fortunately, CNFA has provided a car and driver for me for work assignments. On Sunday I walk.
Houses here are built of concrete block rather than hand baked bricks as I saw in Mozambique and Angola. Roofs are metal rather than thatch. It may be in the more remote villages that the basic shelter is different.
My assignment is going well. The goal is to ensure that the Gendi Cooperative is accepted for the Warehouse Receipt System. More on that later. Needless to say, it is complicated as it involves the Cooperative, a bank, various government officers and the Tanzanian Warehouse Board. I have said it is like herding cats.
The Cooperative's main cash crop is maize; followed by two crops that I can not compare with; then beans and coffee. Most farmers have ~2 -5 acres of cultivated land; oxen; sheep; goats; chickens; ducks; and large families.
Have a wonderful day! I am off to talk with a potential candidate for the Collateral Manager position (Warehouse requires it) and then training on financial statements.
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