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| Rebecca's Chicken Project |
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| Project Director |
| Rebecca Edwards, Peace Corps Volunteer |
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Project Number |
Total Cost (US$) |
Location |
FS02-PC-09
(MG#93564870) |
$58.00 |
Guena, Mali; Ka Ka, Mali; Kalassa, Mali; and Makandiana, Mali |
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Project Details
On April 22 Peace Corps Volunteer Rebecca Edwards co-hosted a chicken raising workshop in the Guena community on Mali. Twelve Farmers from four different villages (Guena, Ka Ka, Kalassa, and Makandiana) joined together to learn techniques for improving household chicken raising practices. The following report written by Rebecca describes the successful workshop.
Final Report
Filed by Rebecca Edwards The Guena Chicken Raising Workshop was a terrific success. We had 12 participants (all farmers) representing 4 villages (Guena, Ka Ka, Kalassa & Makandiana). Yakouba Kone, my Peace Corps Technical Trainer, launched the workshop with an informative session on proper housing, feed, medications and vitamins for chickens. We walked over to one of the Guena farmers' chicken houses where Yacouba pointed out its positive aspects as well as a few improvements that could be made. He also demonstrated how to give immunizations against New Castle disease, and then workshop participants practiced giving immunizations to their own chicks (which they had brought from their household farms).
The village of Guena hosted the workshop, and the community
contributed 25kg of chicken feed (a blend of corn, cotton cake, fish
meal, millet chaff, millet, bone meal and salt). They also provided
lunch for the participants and workshop leaders and speakers.
One participant pointed out that there is a great local demand for
chickens, particularly during the holidays like Seliba and New Year's
Day. Participants' communities are only 55 kilometers from the capitol
city Bamako, and Bamako people often drive out and pay upwards
of 5000 CFA for a chicken (nearly twice the price paid to/from local
citizens).
The Peace Corps Technical Trainer, Yacouba, was happy with the
formation; he really enjoys talking to farmers and we had a very
interactive/participative group with lots of questions and note-taking.
In addition, immediately following the session, everyone stayed and
formed a poultry association, designating board members and
establishing a meeting schedule; we had one motivated and
enthusiastic group.
The impact of the workshop was made evident when less than a week
following our sessions, one of the participants returned to Guena to
report that he had started building his own chicken house based on
the information he had learned at the workshop.
Materials Budget
| Item |
Quantity |
Unit Cost (cfa) |
Total Cost (cfa) |
| Avemix (medicine) |
2 bottles |
1,230 |
2,460 |
| Olivitasol (vitamins) |
6 packs |
300 |
1,800 |
| Cevac (vaccine) |
1 pack |
3,180 |
3,180 |
| Plastic cups (2-liter) |
3 cups |
300 |
900 |
| Plastic bowls |
3 |
150 |
450 |
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