Entry: Charlie Feezel, World Cocoa Foundation
Hi all. Here are a few notes from my trip in Côte d’Ivoire. After a very good meeting with the Chief of the Minister of Education’s Cabinet, Vicki Walker of WInrock International and I visited a school in Adzopé where Winrock folks operate an agriculture club. The program includes courses in agriculture, health and leadership. From there, Fanny Saraho of IFESH and I drove to Dramkro near Abengourou for a town meeting. We talked about the IFESH functional literatacy program and other projects the village might undertake. Near the end of the meeting Chief Konate said, via an interlocutor, he wanted to give me a plot of land and make me part of his kin. I have never been given such a momentous gift and was quite honored. I accepted the land and asked that the parcel be set aside as the place where the people of the village build their school. The chief accepted the idea saying that he was happy with the agreement.
Photo: A literacy tutor leads a functional literacy class in Côte d’Ivoire.