First village visit! After breakfast, we hopped into the tro
tro and drove to Odumase, a village completely new to us. Jerry, one of our
translators and the coordinator of the meeting, introduced us to Samuel, the
chief. After introductions, we
explained our venture and product, but were unable to actually grate because the
power had gone out. Nonetheless, Samuel had seen one of our graters in another
village called PKK and was still willing to purchase a machine. We struck a
deal and were able to interview 2 gari processing women in the village before
leaving for PKK.
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| Our first demonstration in Odumase |
In PKK we met with Auntie Ama, a current grater owner who
has long awaited our return with presses. Although slightly under the weather,
she happily interacted with our prototypes, giving feedback and critique as she
pressed freshly grated cassava. After using both presses, she slightly preferred
the single lead screw option due to its comfortable height and strength. We
left both machines to press overnight with the plan to inspect the results in
the morning. We then retired for the night, but not before a 7 inch lizard
jumped onto Julian, at which point four of us spent ten minutes chasing it out
of the room.
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