Depa is close to Zereguhe, on the road from Issia to Gagnoa. Project Hope and Fairness has been visiting Depa since 2004.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Djahakro--Colette, 2009
Cocoa farming is usually but not always the purview of men. Colette farms other products. Nevertheless, the scale donated by Project Hope and Fairness in 2009 is a great help.
Djahakro--Rosalie, 2010
Rosalie is the President of the Women in the village of Djahakro. We just built a well there. When you dig a well, you have to send the diggers back periodically to dig farther down as the water retreats during the dry season. The civil unrest has suspended any work on the well, because the well diggers are Dioula (from the North) and therefore cannot travel safely because of the hatred between Bété and Baoulé (Christian) against the Dioula (Muslim).
Djahakro--Unknown Farmer, 2009
Although he didn't speak his name audibly, this cocoa farmer speaks eloquently about the power of the scale--how he feels a lot more confident about his transactions because he knows in advance how much product he is selling.
Pezoan--Didier, 2009
Didier explains how both the plastic bags and the dryness meter have helped improve relations between the farmers and the buyers.
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