Monday, September 8, 2014

Day four! Here we come SERA!!!! Bike Tour Central North woohoo!

The fourth day of Bike Tour Central North was to Edith "Koam-Poagdba" Suarez's village of Sera. Another hot ride through Kaya to Sera, up all of those hills that we fled down the day before, the volunteers made it to Sera early in the morning. It was the market day there where the volunteers were able to grab some benga for lunch. Benga is a local dish made of black eyed peas and rice, flavored with oil, onions and spicy pepper powder. Edith is a small enterprise development volunteer, so the PCVs decided to teach about soap making as a means to make money. 118 community members came to learn about hygiene, gender, and how to make soap!
Here Edith and her counterpart Mariam explain the importance of washing hands with soap by using USAID images. 

Fynn and Edith start the soap making process and show the community how to combine tansagex, salt water, and regular water with perfume and colorant. 

The women take over the soap making process and excited to learn a new means of business. Good luck Sera!

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