Today was another fantastic day here in Kigeme. We had the morning to ourselves, so after we were able to borrow the modem from our good friend, Jean Chrysostome, we caught up on the blog and spent some time generally getting the lay of the land. We also discovered that the trees across from us are just loaded with bats - they are quite fascinating, and noisy!
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After a delicious lunch, we headed off with Felicien to the Milk Collection Centre to see the new pasteurizer and to catch up on new things there.
The pasteurizer is installed and works well. It can process 500 litres at a time with quick efficiency allowing more milk to be pasteurized, with less effort, than using the old method of boiling over open flame and then cooling.
But, during the dry season, the cost of electricity makes running of the pasteurizer expensive. So for the time being, they will do a combination of using the old technique and using the pasteurizer. In the rainy season, the cost of wood is very dear and so they will use the pasteurizer exclusively then.
We met a member of Rwanda's police force today who says that many of the police officers working in the area are purchasing milk from the MCC - many litres per day. He says that they enjoy the quality and taste of the milk.
We chatted about the progresses being made at the MCC and things we will be looking at during this trip to increase productivity. We will see the pasteurizer at work one of the mornings we go there as well. So many exciting things coming up!! Please stay tuned!!!
The pasteurizer is installed and works well. It can process 500 litres at a time with quick efficiency allowing more milk to be pasteurized, with less effort, than using the old method of boiling over open flame and then cooling.
But, during the dry season, the cost of electricity makes running of the pasteurizer expensive. So for the time being, they will do a combination of using the old technique and using the pasteurizer. In the rainy season, the cost of wood is very dear and so they will use the pasteurizer exclusively then.
We met a member of Rwanda's police force today who says that many of the police officers working in the area are purchasing milk from the MCC - many litres per day. He says that they enjoy the quality and taste of the milk.
We chatted about the progresses being made at the MCC and things we will be looking at during this trip to increase productivity. We will see the pasteurizer at work one of the mornings we go there as well. So many exciting things coming up!! Please stay tuned!!!
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When we returned to our home, Rachael went with Felicien to look at and treat one of the Bishop's cows. She was suffering from mastitis (inflammation of the teats of the udder) and needed an antibiotic injection. So, we took some photos of Reverend Doctor Felicien doing his thing!! Mom and calf are doing well!!
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Afterwards we had a lot of fun interacting with a few of our friend's children outside of our place. Alayne taught a couple how to make noises with a blade of grass (might backfire in the early am, as these kids are up early!)
 To those of you following the blog from Shoreside Strength and Conditioning - we are teaching the Rwandans double-unders!!! They are already much better than us at it!!! |   |
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