Friday, March 02, 2007
Women's Bakery Project Approved- Now we can help!
Hi folks!
I just talked to Jenell yesterday and she told me some GREAT news! The women's group bakery project she has been working on since she first came to Jirapa was finally APPROVED by the Peace Corps! This means that she and the women's group have done all of the groundwork and jumped through all of the hoops (both in Ghana and in the Peace Corps) to get to the point where the Peace Corps will accept donations on their website for the project.
Once the funds are raised ($10,000 in donations), then Jenell and the women can actually start to build the bakery! They have all worked so hard to get to this point and are excited to continue working toward the goal of a co-operatively owned and run bakery to bring in extra income for these women and their families. If you are able to contribute- through a monetary donation or by spreading the word!- please help Jenell and the Grasie Women's Group raise the funds needed to move on to the building phase.
Where can you find out more and donate? on the peace corps website there is a "donors" link where projects are listed by country. You will see Jenell's there listed under Ghana. For a direct link go to http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.projdetail&projdesc=641-225
Jenell has limited access to internet right now, but if you have questions you can try to email her or put a comment up on this blog and I will try to get a response posted as soon as I am able to get an answer.
Let's pull together to meet the $10,000.00 donation goal quickly!
Lisa H. Stewart
I just talked to Jenell yesterday and she told me some GREAT news! The women's group bakery project she has been working on since she first came to Jirapa was finally APPROVED by the Peace Corps! This means that she and the women's group have done all of the groundwork and jumped through all of the hoops (both in Ghana and in the Peace Corps) to get to the point where the Peace Corps will accept donations on their website for the project.
Once the funds are raised ($10,000 in donations), then Jenell and the women can actually start to build the bakery! They have all worked so hard to get to this point and are excited to continue working toward the goal of a co-operatively owned and run bakery to bring in extra income for these women and their families. If you are able to contribute- through a monetary donation or by spreading the word!- please help Jenell and the Grasie Women's Group raise the funds needed to move on to the building phase.
Where can you find out more and donate? on the peace corps website there is a "donors" link where projects are listed by country. You will see Jenell's there listed under Ghana. For a direct link go to http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.projdetail&projdesc=641-225
Jenell has limited access to internet right now, but if you have questions you can try to email her or put a comment up on this blog and I will try to get a response posted as soon as I am able to get an answer.
Let's pull together to meet the $10,000.00 donation goal quickly!
Lisa H. Stewart
