Nourish in Uganda

We are spending the majority of our time marketing the sheller this week. Demonstrations are going well — hundreds of people show up to the demonstrations; however, closing the deal on sales is difficult — while the demand is great, farmers here do not have much money. We do, however, have a great ally in NAADS, the agriculture extension services here. They are a government entity that has already committed to purchase 20 shellers in the next 10 days. We have 8 at the shop, so we have some work to do! Selling these shellers will bring in over $900 in revenue to the shop, an excellent shop and something we hope will impress the shop owners. For this to work after we leave, they need to be 100% on board and see that it will be profitable to them.

After a small budget scare, it appears as though we have enough funds to support the shop during the summer until harvest. The smaller farmers will be able to afford the machine after harvest (August/September).