ZAI/01/060 - Grinding Mill Project for Women

Objective: To assist the community of 6000 people, particularly the women, to alleviate the burden of daily grinding of grains (corn, millet, cassava) for food by installing a grinding mill which would be managed by a small group of women and which would offer servi

Background: The project plan was initiated by the C.P.D.S.C. which has as its goal that of increasing self-sufficiency of the community. Much of the manual labour and family maintenance activity falls to the women. The present bottleneck is that of grinding of millet

Use of Funds: The funds will be used for the purchase of the mill itself. Cost estimates from the supplier and specifications were provided by the requesting group. The cost of hangar construction, gas and oil for start-up will be provided by the local community and on

Beneficiaries: 3500