Published on
September 19, 2009 in
Diary.
My wife and her friends were for three days moulding bricks in preparation of the pig keeping project that they really aspire to run. They really worked so hard with support by their husbands respectively. Women were drawing water while men digging and mixing the soil ready for moulding bricks.
hot and windy morning
Since I had no money for transport to school, I was just at home studying. Following my study time table, I studied Microfinance. It was sunny, hot morning and windy morning. After taking breakfast and bath, I switched on my computer and opened the study file on which I went through the microfinance.
I enclosed myself inside my house for it was so windy and hot. There was full of dust. At 11 am, I had break. I was just listening to local music as well South African gospel with which I was carried until lunch hour.
Published on
September 18, 2009 in
Diary.
The Illovo Marketing Manager sent Fairtrade Flow of goods and premium receipt documents for me to relate. I was dozing following the night hours I spent going to bed late. I failed to work properly.
Failed to get transport for school
At 5:20 pm, just soon after knock off, I went to Dyeratu to look for someone who promised to lend me some money for transport. The man was not around at his home. I was stranded. I really felt that I was not going to attend classes for the second time. It was indeed worrisome.
Published on
September 17, 2009 in
Diary.
Since morning of this day, as was scheduled had Fairtrade Premium documentation. After documentation, we had the last session that was analyzing and discussing all audit findings. General Manager, Brian, Fairtrade Premium chairman, FLO auditor and I discussed about the findings up to 11 night.
I was by then hungry and last for I was too tired. Brian drove me home after the whole exercise. It was indeed very experiencing exercise.
Published on
September 16, 2009 in
Diary.
The Kasinthula Fairtrade Premium chairperson and I guided the FLO auditor to visit sugar cane fields and interviewed some farmers who were working on their cane plots.
After interviewed smut rougers and herbicide gung, we left for Migano village where he visited the premium funded clean and safe tap water project at Namalindi Primary School where school children are benefiting.
It was around 10 am, when we arrived Chinangwa village. At Chinangwa, he interviewed some tow groups of farmers. We left Chinangwa village for lunch.
Published on
September 15, 2009 in
Diary.
As was already known programme, members of the Fairtrade Premium committee gathered at 7 am. They were waiting for FLO auditor who scheduled to arrive Kasinthula Cane Growers offices at 8 am. The Zambian based FLO auditor arrived on the scheduled time. He presented himself to General Manager, Brian Namata before meeting the premium members.
At around 3 pm, he discussed some issues with the premium committee when he wanted to learn more from Fairtrade premium issues. He asked some few questions and let the participants to ask him questions.
Published on
September 14, 2009 in
Diary.
Early morning around 6am, when I left home for work, I met visitors on the way heading to my home village, Chinangwa. Led by Illovo Marketing Manager they arrived Chinangwa where they visited electrification and borehole projects while taking films.
They took some shots for African woman with newly born baby and the entire family. At the borehole they took some shots while women drawing clean water of the premium drilled borehole.
Published on
September 13, 2009 in
Diary.
It was just the past day I failed to go to Blantyre for I had little money that I hardly to go school. I borrowed 250g shoe polish and 150g tooth brush. I used the shoe polish only one morning. I left work at 6:45 am. In the late afternoon I found my wife complaining that my young boy Jr, 1 and 7 months old took out of the house 250g shoe polish and 100g tooth brush.
“I believe some snatched these things just along this road. I hope the young boy had these things and trying to cross the road. Might be someone who should at the time on the road footing or cycling who snatched these things. It just a couple of minutes when I realized that the young boy had things with him when he was got out of the house and seen moving just along the nearby road without these things” It was very unfortunate for I borrowed these things to assist me but not used.
Wildfire burnt hectares of sugar canes
It was around 8 pm, when the General Manager called me while I was at office working. He advised me to order the driver to collect cane cutters to assist making firebreaks for 3 cane fields were burning without official programme. It was very strange because some people in almost every year they set fire to canes for un known perceptions. Management had been tracing to find these negative minded people to Kasinthula, but not yet found.
In these circumstances, Kasinthula automatically experience loss. The unplanned harvest encourages loss of canes in various areas.
Published on
September 12, 2009 in
Diary.
It was hot morning, I woke up and my wife was not available. She was at the borehole drawing water. I had only Mk500.00 worthy to cover only going to Blantyre to attend classes. It was very embarrassing failing myself to leave for Blantyre to attend classes for lack of enough money.
“I am not going because I have only Mk500.00 which is worthy for to and not for fro and not for lunch. I have tried to borrow but nobody has assisted” I told my wife when she asked if I was going to school. “You better try to save some money even though you earn little money that can not cover all of your potential things. We better sometimes even starve at home but you go to school” told me my wife, Bertha.
Published on
September 11, 2009 in
Diary.
The cotton transporter to the ginnery mill stopped at Dyeratu trading centre with full of cotton heading to Balaka to deliver cotton. The driver decided to have a stop and take beer. Some men organized to steal the truck fuel. They stole the total left volume of the truck fuel. When the driver and his assistant wanted to leave the premises, the truck failed to kick off.
They both got off and realized that the truck fuel was stolen. The truck driver complained because he had no money to replace the stolen fuel.
Published on
September 10, 2009 in
Diary.
My friend Set Ngwanju had been with a certain man for along time selling groceries. He was later last year promoted to sell air times for his boss’s contract to a certain communication company. It was later noted that he misused some money after his sales.
His boss advised the police to arrest him. I learnt from his wife that he arrested. I failed to visit him because I was working day and night. The matter not yet taken before the court. This friend was accused of embezzling some money.
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