We began our day today by meeting with Khanjan to discuss the best way to move forward after having such a tough day yesterday. Clear communication among all seven members of the team has proved to be fairly difficult. So with Khanjan’s help, we were able to deliberate jobs for each member of the team.
(Our last ride to WHI with our friends Steph and Matt Veto… we’ll miss them!)
When we arrived at World Hope, Chris and the 2-5 year old team went to the bakery to cook their muffins and they came out great! We will be using these muffins tomorrow to get some of our surveys filled out and get our first tangible data. Seanna and Chris sat in on the bakery committee meeting and gave them some insight on their marketing and business strategies. Meanwhile the rest of the team began laid out their plans for the rest of the week through a shared schedule. Most of Makeni is pretty much shut down due to the same religious holiday as yesterday, so we decided to take today to work out some logistics and be a little more proactive in our planning. Hopefully, this will eliminate any confusion further in the week.
(Neena, Rachel, and Matt working out some logistics for the following week)
Although only a few workers were available today, we were able make some negotiations to make our processes smoother later in the week. Chris confirmed that the bakery will be opened everyday for our use, and Kayla confirmed that we can serve and fill out surveys at the Wesleyan Church down the street. Seanna spoke to a WHI employee to get the word out that we will be giving out free food tomorrow.
(The successful sweet potato cakes)
Following the first success, the muffin recipe was doubled and taken to the bakery to be cooked. This batch came out very oily, and not edible. So, we determined that if we are going to double the recipe we need to minimize the amount of additional palm oil used.
Tomorrow we plan to get a significant amount of surveys filled out at the Wesleyan church and on World Hope’s grounds. So, most of our time will be used preparing food and getting ready to get data!