Drew's African Odyssey - Mwange Refugee Camp, Zambia

Attended another Section Leader meeting today. There was also a RTP workshop going on and it was encouraging to learn that one of the coaches felt comfortable facilitating the session, which meant I could go to the meeting. The big issue in the meeting was once again about Sorghum. Everyone came to full attention when the head man from the World Food Program walked into the meeting. After discussing with the refugees a bit, he let everyone know that once the stock of sorghum was consumed by the refugees, their would definitlely be something different coming afterwards. He noted that what they would be getting would not be maize grain (corn) but would be a milled product (like flour, but another kind of cereal). Now the problem arises that the UN has gone to a lot of trouble to install hammermills in the camps that crush the cereals and turn them into flour. What are the going to do with these hammermills if the grain that they receive is already milled? Regardless, by the end of the meeting, the leaders seemed upbeat that there would be a change and explained to the UN that they would be encouraging their people to begin consuming the sorghum. We’ll have to wait till the next food distribution to see if this holds up.