A training Report on Group Leadership, Management and ...

CARE KENYA/SITE FEB 2010The services they identified included land for the camel mini dairy, markets outside Garissa forcamel milk and more <strong>training</strong> for their members. They confirmed that power outages are verycommon in Garissa hence those traders who will install deep freezers when thy start milk barsmay have to buy generators.They were able to identify several service providers including the government, the local council,private companies especially banks such as First Community and Equity bank as well as NGOssuch as CARE Kenya.Day Five: How to set up and manage a group milk bar; Introduction to DTAThe participants were taken through the requirements and preparations for the set up of a milkbar. Most of them had visited the milk bars in Nairobi during their exposure visit in November2009. It was therefore easy for them to remember what they saw and contribute to thediscussions. The trainers had also carried pictures of a milk bar for the benefit of those who didnot participate in the exposure visit.At the end of the discussion, the participantsexpressed their interest to start milk bars. One lady,Shindez Sheikh Noor, is prepared to invest in her ownmilk bar while Sumeya milk traders have premisesfrom where they are making yoghurt for sale.Sumeya milk group receive milk equipment/Photo SITECARE Kenya Garissa team was impressed by thedetermination of this group and donated some milkequipment to them as motivation. It comprised ofthree 10-litre aluminium cans, three milk measuringpints, two plastic buckets, two milk sieves and themilk testing tool kit.On the same day, the participants were introduced to the Dairy Traders Association (DTA) bythe national Chairman, Sammy Chiira. He introduced to them the association, its head office,branch offices, objectives, values and activities ofDTA and how to become a member. The participantsthanked the chairman for receiving them warmlywhen they visited the DTA national office during theexposure visit.He outlined the benefits of being a DTA member,key being unity of purpose for improved milkbusinesses. He invited the Garissa milk traders to joinDTA Chairman and some Garissa umbrella other milk traders in the DTA. The membersleaders/Photo SITEexpressed interest in joining and the leaders promisedto spearhead the process after consulting with the DLPO Garissa.Evaluation of the <strong>training</strong>Training <strong>Report</strong> under ELMT compiled by SITE9