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CARE KENYA/SITE NOV 2009
• Garissa town milk traders transact inside and outside the First
Community Bank milk shade
• the milk shade was constructed by the First Community Bank
• the shade is 30 metres long and 4 metres wide
• the roof slants slightly at a height of 4 m at the front and 3.5m at
the rear
• the roof leaks when it rains
• it is not cemented and no water is provided
• it stands on a road reserve
• the larger Garissa and Tana River catchment areas supply milk
to the town
• camel milk retails at Ksh 40 in Garissa town during peak periods
• camel milk retails at Ksh 80 in Garissa town during times of
drought
3. Evaluation of the training
A questionnaire was administered the traders at the end of the training to obtain feedback
from them. A sample of the evaluation questionnaire is attached to this report as Annex III.
• All the trainees rated the presentation methods of the trainers as good or very good.
• The milk collectors trained in Garissa town, Bura Nadhir, Kamuthe and Dertu felt the
training should have been delivered in more than three half days. The rest of the groups
were comfortable with the time allocated to the training.
• On areas that are relevant but were not covered during the training, the milk collectors
listed the following areas: processing camel milk into yoghurt and lala/Susa, establishing
a camel milk canteen as well as managing milk groups.
• All the milk collectors said the training was relevant to their businesses since it opened
their eyes to new milk testing methods, the need to trade in high quality milk that can
access outside markets. They also found the business skills training relevant to them so
that they can run profitable milk businesses with a clear growth plan.
• Milk testing was rated the most useful training by both primary and secondary milk
collectors, followed closely by personal hygiene practices, basic business skills such as
basic camel milk marketing and record keeping. The trainees also appreciated the topic
on the diseases spread through consumption of raw or inadequately boiled camel milk
and the need to milk healthy camels.
• They promised to put much of the training into practice as follows: form registered
trading groups, share the information on hygiene with the milk producers, start keeping
records in their businesses, observe strict hygiene as they eye markets outside Garissa,
use the right milk handling equipment, start boiling their milk indirectly as well as run
successful businesses through cost reduction especially transport costs.
Assignment <strong>Report</strong> under ELMT compiled by SITE
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