Forberedelser igang til nyt ekstra kursus i Kawama - Preparations for new extra course at Kawama

Et ekstra kursus er meget efterspurgt i år, så nu afholder vi kursus på tirsdag den 8. august for small-scale farmerne i Kawama som omfatter både kvindegrupper og andelsgrupper.  Planlægningen er i fuld gang, - kuglepenne, noteshæfter, sommerdrik er indkøbt, og frokosttærter er bestilt sammen med frødonationerne. Så nu mangler vi bare at få skrevet certificaterne og gjort posters klar til oplæg.
An extra course is most requested this year, therefore we will hold a course on Tuesday the 8th of August for the small-scale farmers at Kawama covering womens clubs and farmers cooperatives. The planning is now going on, - the pens and notebooks, and soft drinks are bought and the meat pies are ordered together with the seed donations. So now only preparing the certificates and the whiteboards for the presentations are remaining.

Det betyder, at de mobile whiteboards gøres klar til at hænge op på vores mobile "væg", dvs. bilen. Vi har et med Business Generation Model Canvas, når vi fortæller om, hvilke overvejelser den enkelte deltager kan gøre omkring planlægning og strategi. Den anden whiteboard viser BCG Matrixen i forhold til, at deltagerne får størst udbytte af afgrøder og dyrehold. Den tredje viser et årshjul, når deltagerne skal planlægge såning og høst af grønsager, så deltagerne kan planlægge, at så i højsæsonen og dermed få den bedste pris for deres grønsager. Den sidste whiteboard bruger vi til at vise gode eksempler på enkel bogføring, så deltagerne kan kan følge, hvilke afgrøder og dyrehold, der er mest profitable for dem i hvilke perioder af året.
Når deltagerne har fuldført kurset får de et diplom, der giver adgang til en let frokost samt en portion frø, så de har mulighed for at afprøve den nye viden med minimal risiko. Normalt har vi trykt diplomerne i Danmark, så denne gang måtte vi improvisere og få en tilrettet version kopieret her i Chingola, da vi ikke var forberedt på et ekstra kursus.

Preparations are in full swing for the extra course in Kawama.

This means that the mobile whiteboards are made ready to put on our moible "wall" meaning our car. We have one with the Business Generation Model Canvas when we talk about what considerations the individual participant can make regarding planning and strategy. The second whiteboard shows the BCG Matrix in relation to the participants getting the most benefit from crops and livestock. The third shows a year wheel when the participants have to plan the sowing and harvesting of vegetables, so that the participants can plan to sow in the peak season and thus get the best price for their vegetables. We use the last whiteboard to show good examples of simple bookkeeping, so that the participants can follow which crops and livestock are most profitable for them in which periods of the year.

When the participants have completed the course, they receive a diploma that gives them access to a light lunch and a portion of seeds, so they have the opportunity to test the new knowledge with minimal risk. In general we will bring the printet diplomas, but this time we had to improvise and get an adapted version printed here in Chingola, since we were not prepared for an extra course.