At the recommendation of the Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP) staff, Elena worked with granary project architect, Nana Souaibou, during the last week to develop a smaller version of the Ngan-Ha Community Granary. Souaibou is based in the provincial capital of Ngaoundéré, several hours from the village by bush taxi.
The “project logic” is that this will allow the granary to get built more quickly by lowering fundraising goals here and in Cameroon, and by spurring the project’s various partners to wrap up their work. After creating a preliminary design for an 8 by 8 meter (26′ X 26′) facility, Elena took the concept back to key folks in the village of Ngan-Ha to see whether they will support a smaller granary. Then, she headed back to Ngaoundéré to finalize the design and work via email and phone with Peace Corps Cameroon and PCPP staffers to get a full consensus. After a few changes, the Community Granary is now officially a little over half its previous size, with the capacity to store around 3,000 sacks of millet, corn and beans. Still a great community resource!
This brings our fundraising target here in the United States down to $7,995 – we’re over halfway there! – and the village’s goal down to $2,931.
Cattle in the road.
