I'm currently raising money to send a BURR MILL to Au Centre Village in November! This is a kind of grinder that can be used to husk coffee, grind coffee, grind maize, make flour from dried breadfruit and other crops, and make peanut butter and other pastes! It is hand powered and I am also sending the metal parts for a pedal-powered mounting that can be built in the village (it could even be generator powered in the future).
The villagers are walking an hour each way to the market town to have their crops milled, carried in sacks on their heads, and of course they have to pay the miller. The Burr Mill will save them the journey and the percentage of the crop they give to the mill will go to feed the 170 schoolchildren their lunches (often their only proper meal), and to purchase additional schoolbooks.The mill is made by a small non-profit specializing in compatible technologies for the Third World, is very simple and robust, in use in 20 countries, and costs $350. The pedal kit and shipping to Miami will cost another $100, and the normally very difficult and expensive shipping from there to Port au Prince, Haiti, is partly donated by a humanitarian pilot! Customs fees and transportation to the village are also being donated.
IF YOU CAN HELP, PLEASE CONTACT ME - THIS DEVICE CAN SAVE LIVES, INCREASE SELF SUFFICIENCY AND FAMILY INCOMES, AND HELP Haiti Community Support's LA RENAISSANCE SCHOOL!
Donors of over $25 will receive a set of Mandy's beautiful West Indian watercolor portrait cards.
100% raised today (22 OCT 09)! Next one ALREADY 50% FUNDED... then maybe a solar pump?
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